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

• Saving account: Please bring your ARC bearing the new UI No., passbook, authorized seal (if any), and go to any post office to update your 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)

• Undergraduates: Please email to Undergraduate Academic Affairs Division, Ms. Jia-Jing WU <chiajin@ntu.edu.tw>.
• Master’s & Ph.D. students: Please email to Graduate Academic Affairs Division, Ms. Yen-Chun LAI <yclai0220@ntu.edu.tw>.
  * Please use this email title: 土木系 更新居留證號_John Smith_B098765432

3) Cashier Division to update remittance account
(Please scan front+back of your new ARC & cover page of your bank passbook)

• Please email to <cashier@ntu.edu.tw>.
  * Please use this email title: 土木系 更新居留證號_John Smith_B098765432
  * In your email message, be sure to include this sentence: 本人已到郵局(銀行)更新居留證號。

4) Department of Civil Engineering to update labor insurance information
(Please scan front+back of your new ARC)

• Please email to Ms. Yue-Tong LIN <lyt0977@ntu.edu.tw>.
  * Please use this email title: 土木系 更新居留證號_John Smith_B098765432

For the rest, please do refer to the Brochure.

NIA-Introduction-to-New-UI-v10.pdf