Enforcement Rules of the Nationality Act Article 8
Those who apply for naturalization pursuant to Article 3 to Article 5 or Article 7 of this Act shall fill out an application and submit it with the following documents:1. A valid Alien Resident Certificate or Alien Permanent Resident Certificate.2. A criminal record issued by the police or other equivalent certificates issued by the government of the applicant’s country of origin. Minors under the age of 14 or who entered the R.O.C. before the age of 14 and had never left are not required to submit such documents.3. Documents proving that the applicant possesses sufficient property or professional skills, which enable him or her to be self-reliant. This does not apply to applicants referred to in Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this Act, and to the unmarried minors under the age of 18 naturalizing in conjunction with applicants applying pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 4 and Article 7 of this Act.4. Evidential documents as listed in Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of Article 3 of the Standards for Identification of Basic Language Abilities and Common Sense of National Rights and Duties of Naturalized R.O.C. Citizens. This does not apply to unmarried minors under the age of 18 naturalizing in conjunction with applicants applying pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 4 and to Article 7 of this Act.5. An unmarried minor under the age of 18 is required to submit a letter of consent from his or her legal representative and a certificate describing his or her marital status. This does not apply if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that due to operations of the law or administrative restrictions in the applicant’s country of origin the marital status certificate cannot be obtained. 6. Other identity certificates as needed.For naturalization applications filed under Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this Act, in addition to submitting documents required in the preceding Paragraphs, one of the following documents shall also be submitted:1. Documents proving that the applicant has divorced an R.O.C. national due to domestic violence and has not since remarried.2. Documents proving that the applicant still has a relationship with his/her deceased spouse’s relatives and has not remarried. However, under circumstances prescribed in the Proviso of Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this Act, the applicant is exempt from submitting such documents proving the relationship.For those who apply for naturalization pursuant to Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of this Act, in addition to submitting documents required by Paragraph 1, one of the following documents is also required to be submitted. This does not apply to those who exercise and assume the rights and obligations to their minor children and are the persons applying for household registration as defined by the Household Registration Act:1. Document proving child-supporting fact.2. Document proving meeting and association.All documents referred to in the three proceeding subparagraphs shall be examined first by the municipal or county (city) government and transferred to the MOI along with the applicant’s residence data, entry and exit date record, criminal record, household registration record as checked by the household registration office in relation to the applicant’s marriage, adoption, custody, assistantship or exercise and assumption of rights and obligations to minor children. Criminal records for minors under the age of 14 are exempt from examination.The documents required in Subparagraph 6 of Paragraph 1 refers to either one of the following:1. Certificates of marriage, adoption, custody, assistantship declaration or exercise and assumption of rights and obligations to minor children for those who cannot provide household registration record.2. A birth certificate or other certificate proving the applicant’s parent-child relationship.
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依本法第三條至第五條或第七條規定申請歸化者，應填具申請書，並檢附下列文件：
一、有效之外僑居留證或外僑永久居留證。
二、原屬國警察紀錄證明或其他相關證明文件。
但未滿十四歲或年滿十四歲前已入國，且未再出國者，免附。
三、相當之財產或專業技能，足以自立，或生活保障無虞之證明。
但本法第四條第一項第一款與第四條第二項之申請人及第七條申請隨同歸化之未婚且未滿十八歲子女，免附。
四、歸化取得我國國籍者基本語言能力及國民權利義務基本常識認定標準第三條第一項、第二項所定證明文件。
但本法第四條第二項之申請人及第七條申請隨同歸化之未婚且未滿十八歲子女，免附。
五、未婚且未滿十八歲人附繳其法定代理人同意證明及其婚姻狀況證明。
但經外交部查證因原屬國法律或行政程序限制，致使不能提出婚姻狀況證明屬實者，免附。
六、其他相關身分證明文件。
依本法第四條第一項第二款規定申請歸化者，除檢附前項各款文件外，應一併檢附下列各款文件之一：
一、受家庭暴力且未再婚之證明文件。
二、與亡故配偶之親屬仍有往來事實且未再婚之證明文件。
但有本法第四條第一項第二款但書規定情事者，免附其與亡故配偶之親屬仍有往來之證明文件。
依本法第四條第一項第三款規定申請歸化者，除檢附第一項各款文件外，應一併檢附下列各款文件之一。
但行使負擔子女之權利義務，並依戶籍法為戶籍登記者，免附：
一、扶養事實之證明文件。
二、會面交往之證明文件。
前三項各款文件，應由各直轄市、縣（市）政府先行審查，併同戶政事務所查明申請歸化者之居留資料、入出國日期紀錄、刑事案件紀錄及與設有戶籍國人辦妥結婚、收養、監護、輔助或未成年子女權利義務行使負擔登記之戶籍資料轉送內政部。
但未滿十四歲者，免查刑事案件紀錄。
第一項第六款所定證明文件，指下列各款文件之一：
一、未能檢附戶籍資料者，檢附結婚、收養、監護、輔助宣告或未成年子女權利義務行使負擔之證明文件。
二、出生證明或親子關係之相關身分證明文件。
一、有效之外僑居留證或外僑永久居留證。
二、原屬國警察紀錄證明或其他相關證明文件。
但未滿十四歲或年滿十四歲前已入國，且未再出國者，免附。
三、相當之財產或專業技能，足以自立，或生活保障無虞之證明。
但本法第四條第一項第一款與第四條第二項之申請人及第七條申請隨同歸化之未婚且未滿十八歲子女，免附。
四、歸化取得我國國籍者基本語言能力及國民權利義務基本常識認定標準第三條第一項、第二項所定證明文件。
但本法第四條第二項之申請人及第七條申請隨同歸化之未婚且未滿十八歲子女，免附。
五、未婚且未滿十八歲人附繳其法定代理人同意證明及其婚姻狀況證明。
但經外交部查證因原屬國法律或行政程序限制，致使不能提出婚姻狀況證明屬實者，免附。
六、其他相關身分證明文件。
依本法第四條第一項第二款規定申請歸化者，除檢附前項各款文件外，應一併檢附下列各款文件之一：
一、受家庭暴力且未再婚之證明文件。
二、與亡故配偶之親屬仍有往來事實且未再婚之證明文件。
但有本法第四條第一項第二款但書規定情事者，免附其與亡故配偶之親屬仍有往來之證明文件。
依本法第四條第一項第三款規定申請歸化者，除檢附第一項各款文件外，應一併檢附下列各款文件之一。
但行使負擔子女之權利義務，並依戶籍法為戶籍登記者，免附：
一、扶養事實之證明文件。
二、會面交往之證明文件。
前三項各款文件，應由各直轄市、縣（市）政府先行審查，併同戶政事務所查明申請歸化者之居留資料、入出國日期紀錄、刑事案件紀錄及與設有戶籍國人辦妥結婚、收養、監護、輔助或未成年子女權利義務行使負擔登記之戶籍資料轉送內政部。
但未滿十四歲者，免查刑事案件紀錄。
第一項第六款所定證明文件，指下列各款文件之一：
一、未能檢附戶籍資料者，檢附結婚、收養、監護、輔助宣告或未成年子女權利義務行使負擔之證明文件。
二、出生證明或親子關係之相關身分證明文件。