Flowchart for the Application for Naturalization in Marriages between
Foreign Nationals and R.O.C. Citizens and Household Registration
(I'm just interested in the first few steps... the parts required to get an ARC.)
Step #1: Marriage Registration
Where to Apply: Household Registration Offices
Required Documents:
Foreign Nationals and R.O.C. Citizens and Household Registration
(I'm just interested in the first few steps... the parts required to get an ARC.)
Step #1: Marriage Registration
Where to Apply: Household Registration Offices
Required Documents:
- Wedding certificates with Chinese translation and certified (inspected) by R.O.C. foreign missions
- Household registration
- R.O.C. Identification Cards and seals
- Identification Cards of foreign spouses
- If the foreign spouses are unable to return to the R.O.C. with their R.O.C. spouses, the foreign spouse is to submit his/ her Chinese name declaration certified by R.O.C. foreign missions.
Step #2: Application for Residence Visa
Where to Apply:
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/2-visitor/quicklook/1_facts/fact3_4.html
An Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) is given to non-ROC nationals that have legally qualified for long-term stay in Taiwan. If you're coming to Taiwan for formal study, work, or are the spouse or dependent of an ROC citizen wanting to live in Taiwan with your relative, you'll need to apply for an ARC.
If you qualify for residence while outside the ROC, you will first be given an entry visa. Then when you have arrived in Taiwan, you can finish processing your ARC.
http://foreigner.hccg.gov.tw/en/home.jsp?mserno=200808110098&serno=200808110102&menudata=EnglishMenu&contlink=content/residents6_4.jsp&level=2
With the development in social economy and the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI), Taiwan’s medical standard and the quality of healthcare have been upgraded significantly. Foreigners in Taiwan are also able to enjoy these high quality medical services.
Foreigners with an Alien Resident Certificate who have resided in Taiwan for four months must enroll in the National Health Insurance program. They have to go to the local administrative office to enroll in the NHI program.
Before they are eligible for the NHI program, students can either purchase their own insurance or participate in a temporary health insurance program offered by the foreign students' office inside their host institutes.
Foreigners who lost their residence status because they no longer hold a valid ARC or leaving Taiwan permanently, will also lose their right to participate the NHI program. They must withdraw their subscription to the NHI program through their group insurance applicants (their employers or local administration offices) and then return their NHI card to their applicants and pay the premiums in full before leaving Taiwan.
When traveling overseas for a short period of time, either on business or on vacation, and then returning to Taiwan with a valid ARC, foreigners must remain enrolled in the NHI program.
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Students enter Taiwan with resident visas are required to apply for an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) and a re-entry permit at the city/county police headquarters within 15 days after their arrival. Students successfully switched their visiting visas to resident visas also have to apply the ARC card and re-entry permits within 15 days after they obtained their resident visas. They may stay in the Taiwan as long as the ARC remains valid.
To apply for Alien Resident Certificate (ARC), students have to bring xerox copies of their passport and student ID, together with NT$1,000 to the city/county police headquarters nearest to their residence in Taiwan for processing.
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/uscitizens/faq_taiwan_regulations.asp
Q: How do I have my U.S. marriage recognized to receive an alien registration card from the Taiwan government?
A: You can write an affidavit stating the certificate in question is legitimate, and we will take your oath and notarize your signature on the affidavit. You can use this affidavit in support of your application for an alien registration card in Taiwan.
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/uscitizens/TaiwanVisas.asp
- Resident visas are normally issued if you have a valid work permit or if you are married to a Taiwan national. Please note, a resident visa does not automatically convey permission to work in Taiwan.You may also be required to have a work permit, which you can get only if a Taiwan employer applies on your behalf. Foreigners who have resident visas and are married to Taiwan nationals with household registers are not required to apply for a work permit and the types of work are not restricted. Please see the section “Employment in Taiwan” for further details about work permits.
- If you are issued a Resident Visa, you are then eligible to apply for an Alien Registration Card (ARC) which you will need to carry with you at all times and present when your depart and return to Taiwan.
http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immigration/FileSystem/Acts_Regulations/980821Residency%20and%20Permanent%20Residency%20of%20Aliens.pdf
(The official documentation... reads like a friggin' law document, which I guess it has to since it's official.)
http://www.nhi.gov.tw/english/index.asp
Bureau of National Health Insurance
Where to Apply:
- Should the applicant be not in Taiwan, he/ she shall apply for the residence certificate from R.O.C.’s overseas missions.
- Should the applicant be already in the R.O.C. on a visitor visa, he/ she shall apply for residence certificate from the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (including offices in Taichung, Kaohsiung and Hualien).
Required Documents:
- One set of the original household registration issued in the recent three months (with marriage registration certificate and the name of the spouse in its original/ foreign language).
- Marriage registration certificate issued by the applicant’s government (marriage certificate for countries without marriage registration system).
- Declaration by the applicant’s government certifying that the applicant is free from criminal record.
- Qualified health examination certificate issued by the hospitals appointed by Department of Health or foreign qualified hospitals in the recent three months.
- Passport (with validity for more than six months).
- Two 2-inch color photographs taken in the recent 6 months
[Documents in point 2 through point 4 issued abroad have to be first certified (inspected) by R.O.C. foreign missions accompanied by Chinese or English translations.] [Applicants who are in the R.O.C. on visitor visas shall leave the R.O.C. should their visas expire. They
are not to apply for residence certificates.]
Step #3: Apply for Alien Residence Certificate (ARC)
Where to Apply: Foreign Affair Section of police bureaus in the municipal and county (city) governments
Required Documents:
- Fill out one set of Alien Residence Application Forms and submit one recent front-view hatless color photo. (Refer to the photograph specifications required for the renewal of national ID cards)
- Passport and residence visa is to be submitted for inspection.
- Application for residence visa stating reasons such as completion of household registration for marriage registration and certified documents is to be enclosed, 1 original copy, 1 photocopy (Original copy of documents will be returned after verification).
- Payment of residence certificate fee (NT$1,000, NT$2,000 and NT$3,000 for one-year, two-year and three-year periods respectively).
http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/2-visitor/quicklook/1_facts/fact3_4.html
An Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) is given to non-ROC nationals that have legally qualified for long-term stay in Taiwan. If you're coming to Taiwan for formal study, work, or are the spouse or dependent of an ROC citizen wanting to live in Taiwan with your relative, you'll need to apply for an ARC.
If you qualify for residence while outside the ROC, you will first be given an entry visa. Then when you have arrived in Taiwan, you can finish processing your ARC.
http://foreigner.hccg.gov.tw/en/home.jsp?mserno=200808110098&serno=200808110102&menudata=EnglishMenu&contlink=content/residents6_4.jsp&level=2
With the development in social economy and the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI), Taiwan’s medical standard and the quality of healthcare have been upgraded significantly. Foreigners in Taiwan are also able to enjoy these high quality medical services.
Foreigners with an Alien Resident Certificate who have resided in Taiwan for four months must enroll in the National Health Insurance program. They have to go to the local administrative office to enroll in the NHI program.
Before they are eligible for the NHI program, students can either purchase their own insurance or participate in a temporary health insurance program offered by the foreign students' office inside their host institutes.
Foreigners who lost their residence status because they no longer hold a valid ARC or leaving Taiwan permanently, will also lose their right to participate the NHI program. They must withdraw their subscription to the NHI program through their group insurance applicants (their employers or local administration offices) and then return their NHI card to their applicants and pay the premiums in full before leaving Taiwan.
When traveling overseas for a short period of time, either on business or on vacation, and then returning to Taiwan with a valid ARC, foreigners must remain enrolled in the NHI program.
...
Students enter Taiwan with resident visas are required to apply for an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) and a re-entry permit at the city/county police headquarters within 15 days after their arrival. Students successfully switched their visiting visas to resident visas also have to apply the ARC card and re-entry permits within 15 days after they obtained their resident visas. They may stay in the Taiwan as long as the ARC remains valid.
To apply for Alien Resident Certificate (ARC), students have to bring xerox copies of their passport and student ID, together with NT$1,000 to the city/county police headquarters nearest to their residence in Taiwan for processing.
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/uscitizens/faq_taiwan_regulations.asp
Q: How do I have my U.S. marriage recognized to receive an alien registration card from the Taiwan government?
A: You can write an affidavit stating the certificate in question is legitimate, and we will take your oath and notarize your signature on the affidavit. You can use this affidavit in support of your application for an alien registration card in Taiwan.
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/uscitizens/TaiwanVisas.asp
- Resident visas are normally issued if you have a valid work permit or if you are married to a Taiwan national. Please note, a resident visa does not automatically convey permission to work in Taiwan.You may also be required to have a work permit, which you can get only if a Taiwan employer applies on your behalf. Foreigners who have resident visas and are married to Taiwan nationals with household registers are not required to apply for a work permit and the types of work are not restricted. Please see the section “Employment in Taiwan” for further details about work permits.
- If you are issued a Resident Visa, you are then eligible to apply for an Alien Registration Card (ARC) which you will need to carry with you at all times and present when your depart and return to Taiwan.
http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immigration/FileSystem/Acts_Regulations/980821Residency%20and%20Permanent%20Residency%20of%20Aliens.pdf
(The official documentation... reads like a friggin' law document, which I guess it has to since it's official.)
http://www.nhi.gov.tw/english/index.asp
Bureau of National Health Insurance
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