New UI number for foreign nationals
- Location:Taiwan
- Date:
- Update Date:2022/02/16
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New UI number for foreign nationals.
Should you know how the 1/4 UI number can be changed into the UI number?
Highly recommended
Same with the elimination and replacement mechanism (use the original form for each application)
Simply replace with a new UI number (use a new application form)
Methods
For extension, information changes, or replacement (change) of identification issuance, the original UI number will be changed to anew UI number
Before the validity period expires, those who simply want to change UI number may do so (allow the general public to change their UI number in split-flow, and this measure will give priority to non-migrant workers).
Fee
No additional fee will be charged for changing to a new UI number via the aforementioned method; charges apply to extensions, information changes, or replacement (change) of certificate
From January 2, 2021 to January 2, 2022, the fee is exempted for changing and issuing a new UI number.
Others
Original UI numbers will be completely suspended on1st Jan, 2031
If you have not changed to a new UI number before January 1, 2021, the original number can still be used
If the identification is merely renewed before the expiry of the new UI number, its validity period will remain the same.
Note: the migrant population includes nationals in Taiwan, foreigners, people from mainland China, and residents of Hong Kong or Macau who have not registered their households"
For more information, please refer to the special section of NIA for the new format of the UI number
Should I learn about series 2/4? Will affect other documents?
Identifications to be replaced immediately
Citizen digital certificate (apply at a NIA counter)
Document/information temporarily unaffected
Health insurance card, driver's license, bank and post office accounts, insurance information (labor and health insurance, personal insurance)
Information unaffected
Tax declaration, company/real estate registration, telecom accounts
Should I learn about series ¾? Will it affect matters?
High speed rail, Taiwan Railway, bus transportation: New/original system number/passport number can be used
Airplane: domestic flight/new/original system number/passport number can be used
Driver’s license: unaffected (change upon expiry)
Mask pre-order: unaffected
Medical record: unaffected
Health insurance card: If you use the original UI number to obtain insurance coverage, you can use the original card for medical consultations; if you use the new UI number to obtain insurance coverage, you must get a new card (NT$200 cost)
Tax declaration: both original and new UI number
Bank: the bank will take the initiative to notify affected customers
Post office, insurance: no need to change information
E-commerce platforms: most are unaffected
If you cannot use the UI number platform, please report via the following channels:
Consultation service hotline for foreigners living in Taiwan (0800-024-111)
MOI service hotline (1996), and mailbox of the NIA Director General
MOEA hotline (02-23212200, extension 8751)
Should I learn about series 3/4? Will it affect matters?
Company registration: unaffected
Patent registration: unaffected
Real estate registration: unaffected
Tap water: unaffected
Cell phone number: unaffected
Electricity, natural gas: no need to change right away
Ticketing from the national concert hall and national theater: unaffected
Ticketing from the National Taichung Theater: unaffected
Ticketing from the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts: unaffected
Citizen digital certificate: need to change (apply at a NIA counter)
Membership qualifications of civilian organizations: unaffected
Seaman’s book: to be changed and replaced upon expiry
