The applicant of an adoption registration must be the adopter or the adoptee. Please prepare the following documents and complete registration at any household registration office in Taiwan:
1. Consent form, court judgment, final verdict on adoption, or relevant documents.
2. The adopter’s household registration transcript, citizen identity card, and chop (or signature).
3. The adoptee’s household registration transcript and citizen identity card.
4. Should the adoptee’s last name be changed to follow a male adopter, please submit a “Family Name Agreement.”
5. NT$50 service fee and one photo (when the citizen identity card needs to be renewed). For photo specifications, please visit the Department of household Registration’s official website at http://www.ris.gov.tw