Taipei, July 4 -- About 2,000 Chinese spouses in Taiwan have yet to provide proof of renouncing their household registration in China, immigration officials said, with hundreds reportedly wanting to retain their Chinese citizenship and willing to give up their Taiwanese IDs, Taipei Times reported on Thursday.

The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) issued a directive in April requiring Chinese spouses to submit proof of deregistration from China or an affidavit declaring they had done so, with the deadline ending on Monday. Of the estimated 140,000 Chinese spouses residing in Taiwan, about 10,000 had not completed the process before the deadline, according to an official from the National Immigration Agency (NIA).

"The NIA sent official lett...