3 year renewal for 3K?
I wonder seriously why I had to pay 2K for a 1 year renewal and while they did not presented other options ?
Thanks for the link address scomargo
I’m going to need to renew my JFRV in the next couple of weeks. I have a few questions:
Will they ask for my wife’s ID? Or just a copy may suffice?
Can I just bring in a piece of mail or do they need my rental contract? The place I am renting is under someone else’s name so I’m not sure about this. I moved to Xiandian from down south more than a year ago and haven’t updated my address on my ARC since then.
[quote=“Lo Bo To”]I’m going to need to renew my JFRV in the next couple of weeks. I have a few questions:
Will they ask for my wife’s ID? Or just a copy may suffice?
Can I just bring in a piece of mail or do they need my rental contract? The place I am renting is under someone else’s name so I’m not sure about this. I moved to Xiandian from down south more than a year ago and haven’t updated my address on my ARC since then.
I live in Xiandian. What office should I go to?[/quote]
Your wife’s ID or copy, or her presence are not required. Her name and ID number are already on the household registration certificate. I’ve done the last three renewals completely on my own, other than having my wife get a current household registration certificate.
For proof of address I’ve heard that you may use a utility bill in your wife’s or your name, but you may want to verify this. If it turns out to not be possible to prove your residence address, an alternative is to register with the address on the household registration, though that may be inconvenient in your case.
Are you still within the validity dates printed on the ARC but stayed out of the country for a duration of more than180 days per year OR did you remain outside of Taiwan and you are now outside of the validity dates printed on the card? These are two entirely different situations.
A JFRV is not affected in its validity by scenario one, although naturalization/APRC eligibility time frames do get affected. Scenario two would mean an entirely new application for you.
Thanks for your answer. I do not have the ARC yet, but I am considering what is the best solution when I receive It. I also want to get the driving license, but I will stay only one month per year in Taiwan. I will have to go back to renew it before it will expire…
Entirely new application means, all the documents are required again? Criminal record etc.?
I appreciate that this is a little late for you now, but for anyone else, yes, that’s all I needed when I renewed mine in February. Had proof of address too, but wasn’t asked for it. Only took about a week for me actually, totally painless procedure (NIA in Tainan).