Yes, with complete paperd and ARC
Yeah. I know it is too early for him. But he is the only son and he really wants a son.
We both do not consider abortion
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And what if you have a daughter? How do you intend to support a baby, considering you’re both students and not yet gainfully employed?
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if you have to take a long off for your pregnancy/delivery/baby, you might lose your ARC and have to leave.
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I see this:
https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/141185/141282/141361/
Does this imply your newborn can stay as long as your own ARC is valid? Still looking
In my understanding, if you’re unmarried only your name will appear on the birth certificate, and your boyfriend won’t be considered a legal parent. Not sure if this has changed
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Rich in-laws maybe?
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dump it on the parents? its standard procedure isn’t it…
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Bettina,
Don’t laugh at me as being a parent it is difficult to raise a newborn baby in Taiwan.
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I think that would fall under ‘illegal unless…’
Like weed in many countries. It’s illegal unless you have a medical need for it…
then, do marriage before a baby. It makes everything on the baby more simple.
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Look at this way. It’s illegal unless you really want one. 
He said, it is fine.
He will go to work on his internship at the airport, so he is going to get a decent pay. And i have a couple of job options.
I would probably recommend you guys get married before the baby is born. It will save a tonne of headache.
You don’t have to have the ‘ceremony’ the same day. But those papers are gonna be your key.
And you’ll get yourself a JFRV, helping you find a job where an employer may be unable to or unwilling to sponsor a work permit.
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Let him read this link, which instructs what he should do to acknowledge a baby born before you two get married.
https://www.ris.gov.tw/documents/html/2/3/1/380.html
https://ca.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=59F2E04A34FDA3E8&sms=87415A8B9CE81B16&s=6E644A81487F006F
And you should prepare this one for him and the baby.
6.被認領人生母為外國人時，須繳附該國政府核發之生母單身證明文件（該證明文件須翻譯成中文經我駐外使領館處驗證）
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ARCs can be extended for up to 6 months, and while it’s not common college students do have children without dropping out of school. Maybe not in Taiwan where women get shut away for weeks before and after giving birth, but Filipinos are hearty people.
That might be important for getting him and his family to move things along. If they want a big wedding for show, it can be done later, but if you want everything to be legal and proper when the baby is born, it’s best to get the paperwork done soon.
One issue about that, would she be required to leave the country? Because it can take a long time for a Filipina wife to get a visa to enter Taiwan on the basis of marriage. Someone I know was told at TECO Manila that a Filipino/Taiwanese couple needed to have been married for a year for the Filipino spouse to get a visa. Luckily, the office had assumed wrong and that’s not what she was there for. Not sure if that’s the actual law or not.
this part, yes. They should register the marriage first in Philippines, then get a certificate authenticated by TECO in Manila to register their marriage in Taiwan, then get a resident visa in Philippines.
I’m not sure about this part.
Taiwan-Philippine Marriage
https://www.roc-taiwan.org/ph_en/cat/37.html
Requirements for Applying Legal Capacity(申請適婚能力證明須知)
https://www.roc-taiwan.org/ph_en/post/2410.html
Is this only for Filipinos? Don’t some foreigners get married to locals and change their ARC status without leaving the country? Do they all have to go to their home country’s TECO?
In any case, the important thing now is the baby’s status and the mother keeping legal residency. It sounds like the father can acknowlege the baby and it becomes a citizen by birth, but if I was the mother I would want to be legally married in Taiwan before having the child made a citizen and leaving the country without it. If the father chooses not to marry, it would turn into a difficult and expensive custody fight.
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it is for spouses from some designated countries including SEA.
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