Correction Registration Outlines of Household Registration

Promulgated by Ministry of the Interior, No.Tai-Nei-Hu820079 on December30, 1978

Revised by Ministry of the Interior, No. Tai-Nei-Hu8276558 on February 22, 1993

Revised by Ministry of the Interior, No. Tai-Nei-Chung-Hu8973724 on July31, 2000

Revised by Ministry of the Interior, No. Tai-Nei-Chung-Hu0910089481-1 on August20, 2002

1.These outlines are made in order to manage correction register

regulated in Article 24 of Household Registration Law.

2.Except for other regulations in ordinance, the correction of

Household registration and related matter should comply with

these outlines.

3.Any error or omission item recorded in the household registration,

owing to process mistake, should be found out and amended by

the household registration office where the party concerned is

living in, and should inform the party.

4.Owing to the applicant made mistake when applying to the

registration, the applicant should submit one of the following

proved documents and apply to the household registration office

where the party concerned is living for amendment:

(1)Household Registration document, either of the first household

(2)Original national identification card issued by public office

and with its seal.

(3)Document can prove graduated or ex from every general school,

army school or police school, or every training class, group

or team.

(4)Birth Certificate issued by public or private hospital or

qualified maternity nurse.

(5)Stop military service, clear military service, general discharge

certificate or soldier domicile information certificate issued

by Ministry of National Defense or army, navy, air force, combined

service force, armed forces reserve command (including ex police

prepared) general command, military police command.

(6)Court verdict, award, certificate of conformity, Prosecutor Bureau

Nolle Prosequi , etc.

(7)Documents issued by other office are sufficient to prove the truth.

5.To submit each one of the various proved documents listed on 4, except

for Nos. (1) and (6), to correct the birth-date of the household register

should be limited that the certificate issued date or document established

date prior to the issued date of the first household register in Taiwan.

However, the certificate issued date is later than the issued date of

household registration documents first registered in Taiwan, it should

attach the copy of the original documents issued by related office which

established prior to the issued date of those documents first registered

in Taiwan.

6.Proved documents and power of attorney made in foreign countries should

be notarized by ROC Counselor, representatives, trade office or other

authorized institution of the Department of Foreign Affairs in foreign

country. If those documents were in foreign language, they should be

submitted together with Chinese version.

7.The age shown on the submitted certificate for correcting the birth date

of household registration should be counted according to enough age of

country calendar. As to the certificate only with age, should use the

certificate issued date or ROC year minus the age to presume its birth

year. However, the person born before the country year should use the

age on the certificate minus the year issued certificate or year established

plus one to count his age.

8.The correction registration according to the outlines might be authorized by

the household registration office where the party concerned is living.