A group of overseas Chinese from the Philippines staged a protest outside the Presidential Office on Thursday, asking for citizenship in Taiwan. The protesters complained that they've been living on the island for more than 20 years, but are still denied basic citizen rights due to policy changes.

Singing the ROC national anthem, these second-generation Filipino-Chinese hold up their ROC passports in protest.

They have been living in Taiwan for more than two decades and are raising their families here, but they have been denied citizenship.

Ms. Huang, who brought her child to the protest, says that her husband overstayed his visa and was deported, and she is now a single mother.

The protesters say that both Taiwan and the Philippines are treating them like soccer balls and kicking them back and forth.

There are an estimated 800 Filipino-Chinese living in Taiwan, and they are all hoping that the government can provide them with ID cards.

There are currently 60,000 ROC passport holders around the world that don't have registered households in Taiwan.

The National Immigration Agency says that it will review relevant policies, and hopes to resolve this issue in the near future.