Getting a National criminal record certificate from home country for APRC application

Hi, I got my Gold Card approved recently. However, I would likely be able to move over more than 3 months later. With the intention of applying for APRC in the future, I understand I will need to submit a National criminal record certificate from my home country. May I ask how difficult will it be? I’m from Singapore by the way.

Ref:
https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141465/141808/152932/

​​7. A national criminal record certificate issued by the police authority of the applicant’s home country for the past five (5) years (e.g., for US citizens, an FBI criminal record certificate is required, valid for one (1) year from the date of issue, including a Chinese translation), along with completion of one of the following procedures.

(1) The original foreign-language police criminal record certificate issued by the applicant’s home country and its Chinese translation, both verified by the overseas mission of the ROC (if necessary, may be sent for re-verification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

(2) The original foreign-language police criminal record certificate issued solely by the applicant’s home country, verified by the overseas mission (if necessary, may be sent for re-verification by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), with its Chinese translation authenticated by either a court notary or a private notary in the ROC.

(3) The original foreign-language police criminal record certificate issued (or verified) by the embassy or institution in the applicant’s home country should be re-verified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with its Chinese translation authenticated by either a court notary or a private notary in the ROC.

Keep in mind during application for APRC the criminal record check must not be older than 3 months.

I think that is only the local police check but the home country certificate is good for 1 year.

  1. A national criminal record certificate issued by the police authority of the applicant’s home country for the past five (5) years (e.g., for US citizens, an FBI criminal record certificate is required, valid for one (1) year from the date of issue
    National Immigration Agency, R.O.C. (Taiwan) - 0903 Guidelines for Foreign Nationals Applying for Permanent Residency

The period starts from when the Gold Card is issued. If its been approved by the Ministry of Labor that is the most difficult part, the passport submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mainly just a few check which can be done within 6 months of being requested to submit. Some Gold Card applicants delay doing this to get the most fine out of their Gold Card duration of they are not ready to move yet.

If you already done that and the card has been issued but will arrive after 3 months, then they will count from the issue date as being out of Taiwan.

I looked it up

Criminal record from home country must be issued within 6 months

local police check is 3 months

Both the FBI report (for US citizens) and the local police check are needed?