Enforcement Rules of the Overseas Compatriot Identity Certification Act Article 17

The Chinese name and the foreign name on the Overseas Compatriot Identity Certificate should be limited to one each.The Chinese name referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not contain aliases, and shall be the same as the information stated on the applicant’s proof of the R.O.C. (TAIWAN) nationality or the Certificate of Chinese Ethnicity.The foreign name referred to in Paragraph 1 may include one foreign alias. The foreign name and alias shall be the same as the information stated on the applicant’s passport or residency document of the place of residence overseas, and shall be written in English, with surname first and given name after. Non-English names shall be translated into English.