holding household registration in Taiwan Area (in the Republic of China) or in Mainland Area (in the People's Republic of China). The Government of the Republic of China considers ethnic overseas Chinese as its nationals, and issues Taiwan passports to them. However, this does not grant them the right of abode or any other citizen rights in Taiwan; those rights require household registration in Taiwan. Persons without household registration are subject to immigration control in Taiwan, but after they settle in Taiwan they can establish a household registration there to become a full citizen. See also Public records in China Hoju Koseki Internal passport Propiska in the Soviet Union Resident registration in Russia References Citations Sources Wang, Fei-Ling (2014). "The Hukou (Household Registration) System". in Oxford Bibliography in Chinese Studies. Ed. Tim Wright. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Wang, Fei-Ling (2010). "Renovating the Great Floodgate: The Reform of China's Hukou System", in Martin King Whyte ed., One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China, Harvard University Press, pp. 335–364. Wang, Fei-Ling (2005), Organization through Division and Exclusion: China's Hukou System, Stanford CA: Stanford University Press. Further reading Chan, Kam Wing (University of Washington) "The Chinese Hukou System at 50" (Archive). Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2009, 50, No. 2, pp. 197–221. DOI: 10.2747/1539-7216.50.2.197. Joseph, Nancy. "Despite China's Modernization, The Hukou System Remains." University of Washington. February 2010. Armstrong, Doree. "UW geographer devises a way for China to resolve its ‘immigration’ dilemma." University of Washington. 14 August 2013. External links Bibliography of hukou studies, Oxford University Press, 2015. Visa Reciprocity and Country Documents Finder - Taiwan from the United States Department of State SOUTH KOREA: Male-Oriented Family Registry System to Change in 2008 from United Nations Public Administration Network Hukou system in China from WangJianshuo.com Recent Chinese Hukou Reforms from Congressional-Executive Commission on China Getting Your Employees a Hukou – An Unavoidable HR in China, a 4 May 2011 article from china-briefing.com Castes Chinese family registers Chinese law Civil registries Contemporary migrations History of the People's Republic of China