Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland

★The certificate is issued by the Taiwan Police Department in each city. The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland (TECO) does not issue the police criminal record certificate.★ 

CONTACT DETAILS of our offices in New Zealand

• Wellington office
  • Process applications from Lower North Island (south of Taupo), South Island, Cook Islands and Niue.
• Auckland office
  • Process applications from Upper North Island (Taupo north) and French Polynesia (Tahiti).
• Office hours: Monday to Friday 9:00-12:30 & 13:30- 17:00 (excluding public holidays)

★Application requirements for a PCRC are as follows:

Please post the documents yourself to the police department in the city where you will be residing in Taiwan.

1. A completed application form / ODT.
   • If you assign an individual to apply on your behalf, you must submit a valid power of attorney (authenticated by the Taipei Economic & Cultural Office in Auckland) with your signature or stamp included on the PCRC application form.
   • The assigned individual must present proof of identity when picking up the certificate.
2. Proof of identity:
   • A valid Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) authenticated by TECO, or
   • A notarized copy of the passport authenticated by TECO.
   • The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport does not require notarization before submission to TECO.
   • The applicant's English name on the certificate MUST be identical to the one shown on the passport.
3. Fee:
   • US$7 for one copy of the PCRC.
   • Each additional copy applied for at the same time is US$1 (the contents of each PCRC should be the same).
   • A self-addressed envelope.

★What you need to do in NZ :

Authenticate your passport and power of attorney at our office.

1. Application form for authentication  / ODT.
   • The applicant must complete and sign the Application Form.
   • If authorizing someone else to handle the application, the applicant’s information and signature should be filled out in the upper section of the form, while the agent’s information should be filled out in the red-bordered section.
   • In addition to providing all required documents, the applicant must submit a handwritten power of attorney, as well as the original and a copy of the agent’s identification. The original will be returned after verification, and the copy will be kept on file.
   • In Item 9 of the application form, specify the contents and number of copies of the documents to be verified.
2. Original and a copy of a valid passport notarized by a New Zealand Notary Public within our jurisdiction.
   • Please do not use a Justice of the Peace.
   • Our office needs to review these documents. If you can provide the email address of the Notary Public, it may help expedite the processing.
   • The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport does not require notarization before submission to TECO.
3. If you assign someone to apply on your behalf in Taiwan, you must sign the authorization letter in person at our office.
   • If you are unable to come to our office to sign, the documents should first be notarized by a Notary Public.

FEES

• NZ$26.00 per document.
• Copies are NZD $13 each (applicants must provide copies).
• An additional 50% of application fee will be charged for express service.
• Payment  is accepted only via Eftpos, cash,or Internet banking (details will be provided after receiving the required documents)
• For mail-in applications, we will email transfer information and document codes after receiving the application. Please be sure to include the document code when making the transfer.

DURATION

• Once the document has been confirmed as having been signed by the notary public, it will be issued approximately 5 working days later (excluding holidays and mailing time / no additional notification will be provided for collection).
• Please bring the receipt when collecting the documents. If someone else is collecting the documents on your behalf, they must present both the receipt and their identification.
• If you need the documents to be couriered back to Taiwan, you must arrange an online appointment with DHL or FedEx yourself and provide the waybill to the processing staff. The documents will be picked up from our office (TECO in Auckland) and sent to Taiwan.
• For mail returns within New Zealand, please prepare a postage-paid envelope and use a tracked mail service.
• If the documents are not collected within three months of verification, they will be destroyed in accordance with the regulations of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. No further notification will be given, and the fees paid are non-refundable.
• Once the documents have been verified and bound, if they are opened or altered by the applicant, the reviewing unit may refuse to process them.

DOWNLOAD (Filled out in Chinese if you hold a R.O.C passport)

• Application Form / ODT(Authenticate your passport and power of attorney by TECO)
• Application Form for Police Criminal Record Certificate / ODT
  (Including a Notarized Statement for Assigning an Individual to Apply on Your Behalf in Taiwan)
• National police agency, Ministry of the Interior