Originally Posted by longtimeflyin

Thanks for the additional info. I was told that the info quoted above isn't true. My sons have never set foot in Taiwan until they became adults (born and raised in Canada), but since they both have Taiwanese passports, I have done a lot of research into this. I have asked the embassy about said household registration exemption as you indicated, and they said it was a moot point and didn't exempt them from mandatory military service. They could have very well been wrong but just thought I'd share what was told to me.