# Won't renew my ARC in time - help!

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/wont-renew-my-arc-in-time-help/260143>\
**Category:** Visa & Residency\
**Created:** [October 12, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/wont-renew-my-arc-in-time-help/260143 "2026-10-12T09:41:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![qwert\_zuiop](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/qwert_zuiop/32/87708_2.png) [@qwert\_zuiop](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/qwert_zuiop)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/wont-renew-my-arc-in-time-help/260143/13 "2026-10-13T06:19:57Z")

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Potentially relevant:

> [@APRC documents](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/aprc-documents/256704/27):
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> Also due to letting my ARC lapse 1 week I was told I’d have to pay a 10,000 fine. I was able to cut that in half with a waiver for having a child under 18.
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> I was then told that because of the lapse I now only have 2 years to apply for APRC or the clock resets. Don’t understand the logic but that’s what I was told. At least it didn’t break my required consecutive years. Furthermore one of the officers personally telephoned my wife and told her I’d better do it ASAP as rules change each year and it may not get easier.

Seems like they don’t “reset the clock” immediately.

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