A male approaching enlistment age in this category who acquires an ROC identification card, but maintains his foreign passport, is not required to fulfill his military service if he can prove that it will cause the loss of his resident status in the country for which he holds a passport.
入境後雖已改辦國人身分申請出境的接近役齡男子，如仍持有效的外國護照者，若應徵服役將損害僑居國永久居留權益時，經提出國籍證件，並經外交或僑務主管機關證明屬實者，可以不必服兵役。