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Guidelines for Applying for Naturalization of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Nationality (Including Application Process and Required Documents)

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:17:00 GMT

How to register for the naturalization test? What is the test schedule in Taipei City?

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:14:00 GMT

Since February 2015, the Test for Basic Language Abilities and General Understanding of the Rights and Duties of Naturalized ROC Citizens in Taipei City has been conducted on a rolling basis. Registration is available during the office hours of each district's Household Registration Office in Taipei City (from 8:30 to 17:30, Monday to Friday). Please bring the following documents to any Household Registration Office in the city to register for the test:

1. A valid Alien Resident Certificate or Alien Permanent Resident Certificate.

2. One color National ID card photo taken within the last 2 years that complies with the National ID card photo specifications.

3. The NT$500 examination fee.

I have already lost my Republic of China (Taiwan) nationality, but I want to return to Taiwan for long-term residence. What documents do I need to prepare in order to obtain a ROC ID card?

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 09:13:00 GMT

I. A valid Alien Resident Certificate or Alien Permanent Resident Certificate.

II. A criminal record report issued by the police or other equivalent certificates issued by the government of the applicant’s country of origin (naturalization applicants who are the spouse of an ROC national whose reason for residence as recorded on the Alien Resident Certificate is to reside with relatives, need not submit a criminal record).

III. A Police Criminal Record Certificate for the period of residence in Taiwan after the loss of ROC nationality (can be queried online on behalf of the applicant by the Household Registration Office; applicants under fourteen are exempt from providing the certificate).

IV. Documents proving sufficient property or professional skills to be self-reliant, or have a secure livelihood (minor children that are concurrently applying for the restoration of the nationality are not required to submit the documents).

V. Agreement from Legal Representative (Unmarried minor children that wish to restore their ROC nationality should apply with their parents concurrently).

VI. Other relevant household registration or identification documents, such as a household registration transcript showing the cancellation of household registration due to loss of nationality (which can be checked on behalf of the applicant by the Household Registration Office), or a photocopy of the certificate of loss of ROC nationality).

VII. One ID photo (matching the specifications for the new ROC/Taiwan ID card).

VIII. NT$1,200 application fee. Applicants can pay the fee by postal money order to the recipient: Ministry of the Interior. The fee can also be paid digitally through the FISC's "e-Bill National Payment Network" or by using the "e-Bill National Payment Network App" on a mobile device with a digital debit card.

◎ If you want to learn more about the documents required for applying for naturalization, you can visit the website of the Department of Household Registration. From the homepage, go to 'Related Law and Regulations' > 'Naturalization Application Information' > List of Documents as Required for Application for Nationality Alteration.

How can foreign spouses apply for nationalization of ROC?

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:00:00 GMT

1.Legal basis: Nationality Law and its enforcement rules
2.Requirements:
A Foreign spouse who has a residence inside the territory of the ROC (i.e. after obtaining an Alien Resident Certificate), legally stays in Taiwan for more than 183 days per year over a 3 year period, who are over twenty years old, have no record of delinquent behavior and no criminal record according to the police criminal record. Have considerable property or professional skills for self-reliance or proof of livelihood security with Taiwan basic language skill and common sense of national rights and obligations. Foreign spouses meeting the above condition can apply for naturalization. An applicant shall provide a certificate of loss of original nationality within one year from the day of the Ministry of the Interior’s permission for naturalization. For an applicant who failed to submit by the end of that period, the permission for naturalization shall be cancelled, except for those who are allowed to extend the time limits because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has verified that the applicant cannot provide the loss of original nationality due to the law or administrative procedures of the country of origin.
3. Application procedures: The applicant can send the application to a city or county government and forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior.
4.Required documents:
1. Applicant naturalization form.
2. Valid Alien Resident Certificate or Alien Permanent Resident Certificate.
3.Police criminal record certificate issued by the country of origin, or other relevant documents (Applicants who were once a national’s spouse, and the marital relationship has been annulled without record of exit, are not required to submit a police criminal record certificate).
4.Considerable property or professional skills for self-reliance or proof of livelihood security (applicants who already obtained an Alien Permanent Resident Certificate or proof of quasi-naturalized ROC citizenship are not required to submit this documentation).
5.Documentation of basic language skill and understanding of the national rights and obligations of the naturalized applicant in accordance with Article three of the authorized standards. (Applicants who already obtained proof of quasi-naturalized ROC citizenship are not required to submit this documentation.)
6.One photo (specifications in accordance with the national identity card specifications).
7.Certificate fee (charged by the existing provision, please pay with postal order and mark the payee as Ministry of the Interior).
8.Other relevant documents.

Documents issued overseas shall be verified by the ROC’s overseas representative office and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents issued by any foreign embassy or authorized agency in Taiwan shall be verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents written in foreign languages shall have attached Chinese translations verified by ROC’s overseas representative office and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or verified by a notary.

Foreign spouse and nationals married to apply for naturalization, how to apply for naturalized ROC citizenships for minor children borne with former foreign partners?

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 16:00:00 GMT

1. Legal basis: Nationality Law and its enforcement rules
2. Application procedures:
Minors with foreign nationalities or statelessness whose father, mother, adoptive father, or adoptive mother is now an ROC citizen and resides legally inside the territory of ROC (even if living in ROC for less than 3 years), and does not possess considerable property, professional skills for self-reliance, proof of livelihood security, basic national language skill, or common understanding of national rights and obligations can apply for naturalized ROC citizenship. An applicant shall provide a certificate of loss of original nationality within one year from the day of the Ministry of the Interior’s permission for naturalization, or from the day on which a person who, under the law of his or her country of origin can only lose the original nationality upon reaching a certain age, reaches that age. For an applicant who fails to submit the certificate by the end of that period, the permission for naturalization shall be cancelled, except for those who are allowed to extend the time limits because the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has verified that the applicant cannot provide the loss of original nationality due to the law or administrative procedures of the country of origin.
3. Application procedures:
Underage individuals must apply through a parent, a legal proxy, or a legal guardian to a Household Registration Office in the area of current residence. The application can be sent to a city or county government and forwarded to the Ministry of the Interior.

4.Required documents:
1. Applicant naturalization form.
2. Valid Alien Resident Certificate or Alien Permanent Resident Certificate.
3. Police criminal record certificate issued by country of origin, or other relevant documents (not required for those under 14 years old).
4. Submit a proof of consent from parents or legal guardian.
5.Certificate of marital status.
6. Birth Certificate and proof of parent-child relationship.
7.1 photo (specifications in accordance with national identity card photo specifications.)
8. Certificate fee (charged per the existing provision; please pay with a postal order and mark the payee as the Ministry of the Interior).
9. Other relevant documents.

Documents issued overseas shall be verified by the ROC’s overseas representative office and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents issued by any foreign embassy or authorized agency in Taiwan shall be verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents written in foreign languages shall have attached Chinese translations verified by ROC’s overseas representative office and approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or verified by a notary.