From 02 January 2021 onward, foreign nationals residing in Taiwan will be introduced to a new Unified Number (UI) format. For more information, please visit and read the Brochure carefully:
Brochure in English: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/62038/%E5%AE%A3%E5%82%B3%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8A-%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87-v10.pdf
Brochure in Chinese: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/62039/%E5%AE%A3%E5%82%B3%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8A-%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87-v9.pdf
Video: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7353/51883/247544/247595/
When foreign nationals apply for an extension, change of information, or re-issuance of their resident certificate, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) will simultaneously issue them with a new UI Number (UI No.). For those requesting the new UI No. before the expiration of their resident certificates, no application fees will be charged for the UI No. replacement from January 2, 2021 to January 2, 2022. Therefore, all current foreign students with the new set of UI No. will need to update their records proactively.
(The following message is updated on August 19, 2021.)
Adhering to pandemic preventive measures, please be informed that when you change your ARC with the new set of UI No., you will need to update your records in the order as stated below:
Outside NTU Administration:
1) Chunghwa POST Banking Services to update bank account information
Within NTU Administration:
2) Office of Academic Affairs to update student status
(Please scan front+back of your new ARC & your NTU student ID)
3) Cashier Division to update remittance account
(Please scan front+back of your new ARC & cover page of your bank passbook)
4) Department of Civil Engineering to update labor insurance information
(Please scan front+back of your new ARC)
For the rest, please do refer to the Brochure.