Regulations Regarding International Students Undertaking Studies in Taiwan Article 18
Unless otherwise specified in Article 20, an international student applying for admission to a five-year program at a junior college, or to a senior secondary school, junior high school, or an elementary school shall directly apply to the junior college or school during its designated admission period and submit the following documents. If an applicant passes the review or screening process, the junior college or school will issue an admission notice.1. An enrollment application form;2. Academic records:(1) Academic records from the Mainland Area shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the regulations regarding the assessment and recognition of academic records from the Mainland Area.(2) Academic records from Hong Kong or Macao shall be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Regulations Governing the Examination and Recognition of Educational Records from Hong Kong and Macao.(3) Academic records from other areas:A. Academic records issued by an Overseas Taiwan School or a school for Taiwan business people in the Mainland Area shall be regarded as equivalent to academic records issued by an educational institution of the same level in Taiwan.B. Academic records from overseas other than those referred to the preceding two items shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the applicable Ministry of Education regulations governing the assessment and recognition of international students’ academic records. Academic records issued by a campus or branch of a foreign educational institution which it has established in the Mainland Area shall be notarized by a notary public office there and authenticated by an authority established or designated by the Executive Yuan, or by a private organization commissioned by the Executive Yuan.3. Proof of the applicant’s having sufficient funds to live on while studying in Taiwan;4. Documentary evidence of the eligibility of a guardian in Taiwan;5. A power of attorney from the student’s parents or other legal representative, which has been authenticated by an overseas mission, appointing the guardian in Taiwan;6. A letter of agreement from the guardian in Taiwan which has been notarized by a notary public in Taiwan;7. Any other documents required by the school, college, or university.The academic records referred to in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding paragraph are not required to be submitted for an application to be admitted for the first semester of the first grade of elementary school.Adult international students are not required to submit the documents stipulated in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 4 to Subparagraph 6.When a junior college, or school is reviewing an international student’s admission application, if any of the documents specified in Paragraph 1, Subparagraphs 2, 3, and 7 have not been authenticated by an overseas mission, or by an agency established or designated by the Executive Yuan, or by a private organization commissioned by the Executive Yuan, and the junior college or school has any doubts about them, it may request authentication by an overseas agency. If documents that have already been authenticated raise any doubts, the junior college or school may request assistance to investigate the matter.
中文原文 外國學生來臺就學辦法第18條
申請入學專科學校五年制及高級中等以下學校之外國學生，除第二十條另有規定外，應於各校指定期間，檢附下列文件，逕向各校申請入學，經審查或甄試合格者，發給入學許可：
一、入學申請表。
二、學歷證明文件：
（一）大陸地區學歷：應依大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定辦理。
（二）香港及澳門學歷：應依香港澳門學歷檢覈及採認辦法規定辦理。
（三）其他地區學歷：1.海外臺灣學校及大陸地區臺商學校之學歷同我國同級學校學歷。
2.前二目以外之國外地區學歷，應依本部國外學歷查證認定相關規定辦理。
設校或分校於大陸地區之國外學校學歷，應經大陸地區公證處公證，並經行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體驗證。
三、足夠在臺就學之財力證明。
四、在臺監護人資格證明文件。
五、經駐外機構驗證之父母或其他法定代理人委託在臺監護人之委託書。
六、經我國公證人公證之在臺監護人同意書。
七、申請學校所規定之其他文件。
前項第二款學歷證明文件，於申請入學國民小學一年級上學期者，免予檢附。
第一項第四款至第六款文件，外國學生已成年者，免予檢附。
各校審核外國學生之入學申請時，對第一項第二款、第三款及第七款未經駐外機構、行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體驗證之文件認定有疑義時，得要求驗證；其業經驗證者，得請求協助查證。
一、入學申請表。
二、學歷證明文件：
（一）大陸地區學歷：應依大陸地區學歷採認辦法規定辦理。
（二）香港及澳門學歷：應依香港澳門學歷檢覈及採認辦法規定辦理。
（三）其他地區學歷：1.海外臺灣學校及大陸地區臺商學校之學歷同我國同級學校學歷。
2.前二目以外之國外地區學歷，應依本部國外學歷查證認定相關規定辦理。
設校或分校於大陸地區之國外學校學歷，應經大陸地區公證處公證，並經行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體驗證。
三、足夠在臺就學之財力證明。
四、在臺監護人資格證明文件。
五、經駐外機構驗證之父母或其他法定代理人委託在臺監護人之委託書。
六、經我國公證人公證之在臺監護人同意書。
七、申請學校所規定之其他文件。
前項第二款學歷證明文件，於申請入學國民小學一年級上學期者，免予檢附。
第一項第四款至第六款文件，外國學生已成年者，免予檢附。
各校審核外國學生之入學申請時，對第一項第二款、第三款及第七款未經駐外機構、行政院設立或指定之機構或委託之民間團體驗證之文件認定有疑義時，得要求驗證；其業經驗證者，得請求協助查證。