As for overseas Chinese living in Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia, which will not grant them permanent residence, the government has already revised the laws to say that, provided the people can provide evidence of long-term residence abroad, they also can claim the right to be regarded as overseas Chinese.
對於旅居泰國、馬來西亞、印尼等不發予永久居留權國家的海外國人，政府已經修改法令，只要可以提出長期居留證明，就理當被視為「華僑」。