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Questions and Answers about Military Service and Political Asylum Green Card 1. My son came to the United States to study in junior high school. Now he is about to graduate from college. He is a U.S. citizen and enjoys dual citizenship of Taiwan and the United States. If he...

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Q&A on Military Service and Political Asylum Green Card 1. My son came to the United States to study in junior high school. Now he is about to graduate from college. He is a U.S. citizen and enjoys dual citizenship of Taiwan and the United States. If he enters Taiwan with a U.S. passport, will he still have to perform military service? Answer: Below I will paraphrase the information from the Taipei Scripture Office’s website: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Letter No. 1005117226 dated June 17, 1999, all male military servicemen with the nationality of the Republic of China who have registered residence in Taiwan are obliged to perform military service during the service period. Regardless of whether their residence registration has moved abroad or they have other nationalities, they enter and leave Taiwan. The area must hold a passport of the Republic of China; overseas military servicemen who enter with foreign passports will still be listed as staying in Taiwan based on their entry and exit records. Those who enter with foreign passports but do not have overseas national status are still classified as general servicemen despite having dual nationality. When they are subject to military conscription according to law, they should be restricted from leaving the country until they fulfill their military service obligations. If male military servicemen living abroad enter the Republic of China with a U.S. passport, their exit from the country is still subject to military service control. Those who have not yet performed military service must complete their military service before leaving the country if they are found and are found to have completed their military service in accordance with the law. 2. Question: I came to the United States illegally in 2001 and was arrested at the airport. I successfully obtained a political asylum green card on the grounds that homosexuality was subject to discrimination and persecution. However, due to the pressure from my parents and traditional Chinese customs, I got married in 2005 and had two children. Because I am an only child and my parents are old and infirm. Now I want to naturalize and apply for my parents to come to the United States to take care of them. My question is: Since I obtained a green card on the grounds of homosexuality and have two children, will the immigration officer question me more? Will my green card be canceled because of this? If I don’t fill in my child’s data, will the Immigration Bureau know? .If I apply for naturalization now, how long will it take to be notified of the interview? How long does it take to apply as a parent? A: When filling out the naturalization form you must fill it out factually. Generally, after obtaining a green card, the green card of the person will be canceled unless the person commits deception, fraud or illegal behavior when applying for the green card. According to your situation, you were a homosexual when you first applied for a green card. If the facts change and you are no longer a homosexual, it does not violate the facts of your initial application. At the same time, when the Immigration Bureau wants to cancel your green card, it must also provide proof to the Immigration Court that you were not a homosexual when you originally applied. If it is purely based on the fact that you currently have two children, it is legally untenable to conclude that you were not a homosexual. .The time to apply for naturalization usually takes about 4 months. It takes about one year for citizens to apply for their parents to come to the United States, and there is no quota limit.

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