Overseas Taiwanese

Overseas Taiwanese, also called "people of Taiwanese descent" , are people of Taiwanese ancestry or descent who live or were born outside of Taiwan. Overseas Taiwanese may or may not be citizens of the Republic of China, which currently governs Taiwan.

Voting rights of ROC citizens
Overseas citizens of the ROC must return to the country to legally vote in elections, as there are no absentee ballots.

In the United States and Canada
In the United States, there are 230,382 to 919,000 people of Taiwanese descent living in the country. They are mostly concentrated in California, New York, and Texas. There are over 91,000 Taiwanese people in Canada, mainly living in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario.