1. Ever since 1997 and 1999, the Overseas Community Affairs Council (OCAC) has stopped issuing Overseas Compatriot Identity Certificate for Military Service Purpose or Overseas Compatriot Identity Endorsement to people residing in Hong Kong or Macau.
2. However, in accordance with Article 5 of the Conscription Regulations for Naturalized Aliens & Returning Overseas Chinese, the OCAC issues Overseas Compatriot Identity Certificate to males who were permanent residents in British Hong Kong or Portuguese Macau and meet one of the following conditions:
(1) The male is a Taiwan national, was a permanent resident in Hong Kong or Macau, and returned from Hong Kong by July 1st of 1997 or from Macau by December 20th of 1999 to Taiwan for his first-time household registration.
(2) The male is born and has household registration in Taiwan, was a permanent resident in Hong Kong or Macau, and had resided in Hong Kong over 4 years by July 1st of 1997 or in Macau over 4 years by December 20th of 1999.