Issued by various groups supporting Taiwan independence.[12] In 2001, a Los Angeles resident successfully obtained a Brazilian visa on such a passport, and used it to travel to Brazil. In news interviews, he stated that he faced no difficulties in entering the country, while in contrast a fellow traveller using a Republic of China passport was "heckled" by Brazilian officials, possibly because they confused it with a People's Republic of China passport and took the man to be mainland Chinese.[13] Others claim to have successfully obtained Belizean residence permits on Republic of Taiwan passports.[14][15] World Passport.