Regulations Regarding International Students Undertaking Studies in Taiwan Article 20

An international student who has legitimate resident status in Taiwan and is applying to study a five-year program at a junior college, or study at a senior secondary school, junior high school, or an elementary school shall submit the following documents and apply directly to the junior college or school, and report to register there if their application is approved:1. An enrollment application form;2. A photocopy of a legitimate resident permit.3. 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.The academic records referred to in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding paragraph are not required for an application for admission to the first semester of first grade at an elementary school.When a junior college or a school is reviewing an international student’s admission application, if any of the documents specified in Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3 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.After the admission of the international students referred to in Paragraph 1, a senior secondary school, junior high school, or an elementary school shall submit a list of those students’ details to the competent authority for future reference.If a senior secondary school, junior high school, or an elementary school cannot admit the international student referred to in Paragraph 1 applying to study there because the school has already filled its admission quota, the student may apply to the competent authority for a transfer to be admitted to a school that has a vacancy.A senior secondary school, junior high school, or an elementary school may assign the international student referred to in Paragraph 1 applying to study there to an appropriate grade level or give them a ‘provisional’ admission status, based on their results during the screening process. This ‘provisional’ status is valid for up to one year, and their student registration shall be confirmed if they pass the examinations.