However, the travel agencies actually applied for single-use Chinese passports on their behalf, he said. Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Chui-cheng, center, speaks to reporters on the sidelines of an event in Taipei yesterday. Taiwanese are prohibited from holding a Chinese passport or household registration. Travel and tourism podcaster Hua Yeh (花爺) on Friday last week said that some Chinese travel agencies say they could provide visas that guaranteed “quick passage” through Russian customs, but what they call visas are “one-time” Chinese passports. The NIA said that according to the Regulations on Restoration of Taiwanese Citizenship to Chinese Citizens (在台原有戶籍大陸地區人民申請回復台灣地區人民身分許可辦法), one must have made significant contributions to Taiwan’s national defense, bolster the nation’s international image or have performed actions to help uphold the stability of Taiwanese society for their application to be considered.
