MoI changed the ID Number format

[slawa]

@afterspivak

The telecom updates were somewhere in between. It appears that the workers needed to fill everything out again from scratch as opposed to just updating one field (new ID number). It was not fast at all, but I held tight and waited and it seems it is now completed.

Another challenge you can try is to make them change your account to use your APRC ID as primary identification instead of your passport number.
So that you can use Real name verification 實名驗證

Rant: Telecoms are super annoying here

They say I need 2 forms of id - np, here’s ARC and health insurance. The usual combo. This is just for a prepaid sim. Nope, I need to go back and home and get my passport, even though I can’t get either without my passport (and pretty sure passport number is on my ARC). In the end, my stubborn mother didn’t even open the sim card. They accept returns, neat - need passport just for the return, ARC alone won’t do. It’s only 800ntd. Fine. I go home, come back, then they say the refund is process…