Enforcement Rules of the Name Act Article 4

If a person applies for a surname alteration, adoption of spouse’s surname, restoration to original surname, alteration of given or full name, resumption of traditional Indigenous full name, resumption of Chinese full name, alteration to Chinese full name, additional registration of full traditional name in Indigenous script or Romanized script, or additional registration of Romanized original foreign full name in accordance with the Act, then said person shall complete an application form, attaching the certificate (attachment exempt if the household registration record can be verified), and submit it for approval to the household registration office where the domicile is registered. For registration of a matter announced by the Ministry of the Interior and assigned by the Executive Yuan, the applicant may apply to a household registration office other than where his or her domicile is registered.Application by an R.O.C.（Taiwan） national residing overseas for the matters outlined in the preceding Paragraph shall be handled as follows:1. Where the national currently has or has had household registration in the R.O.C., the application must be approved by the Diplomatic Mission, and then transferred for approval to the household registration office where he/she most recently had such registration.2. Where the national has not had a household registration in the R.O.C., the application must be approved by a Diplomatic Mission.