Your application must be sent by post. If any questions, please email us at: consular.gbr@mofa.gov.tw

What documents do I need to authenticate?

1. Documents to be authenticated by the TRO are for use in Taiwan only.
2. When the authority in Taiwan requires the TRO to authenticate your UK documents.

The TRO only authenticates documents issued from:

Southern Britain (south of Durham and Cumbria, including Guernsey and Jersey)
the British Virgin Islands
the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Northern Ireland
Seychelles
Sierra Leona
Ghana (Excluding Marriage Certificate and Single Status Letter)

Other documents issued by the authorities in northern Britain (Durham, Cumbria, and Scotland) and the Isle of Man must be sent to the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, Edinburgh Office for authentication.

Before submitting your application:

You should choose one of the following ways for your education document(s) before your application at the TRO.

Method 1:

You should first have your document notarised by a UK-based notary or solicitor. The notary or the solicitor MUST notarise the document(s) having checked received confirmation of authenticity from the issuing university/party. We accept statements such as “I certify that the document(s) is genuine/authentic.”, and “I certify this is a true copy of the authentic/genuine document.”
Then get the notarised document(s) to be legalised by the FCDO Legalisation Office. We accept paper-based apostille only.
Please note that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office(FCDO) will not apostille PDF documents from issuing authorities. You will need a notary or solicitor who will carry out checks on the certificates with the issuing authorities to ascertain their authenticity, and can then notarise the certificates, if required by Taiwan authorities. Once notarised, the FCDO will apostille the documents.

Method 2 :

You should provide an original Degree Certificate/transcript.
Then you must request the issuing university/party to send an Academic confirmation/ certified copy of original degree certificate/transcript directly to the TRO.

How to submit your application:

By post only

Please enclose a self-addressed, pre-paid return envelope inside your postal application.
Applicants with an overseas address must provide a return envelope with receiver's name, full address (with post code), and contact number for DHL overseas courier service so that TRO can arrange services on behalf of the applicant.

For professional agent or a friend/family member:

The application should come with an authorisation letter, a high-quality, accessible copy of the agency’s passport, and the agency’s certificate of incorporation(if applicable).

Contact Information:

Consular Division
Taipei Representative Office in the UK

50 Grosvenor Gardens
London
SW1W 0EB
Email: consular.gbr@mofa.gov.tw (please do not use qq.com email to contact our office)

Authentication Requirements:

The TRO does not hold responsible for any services provided by third parties such as agents, the post office and delivery service providers.

Application Form

Please fill in this form with your wet signature and the date. The application will be rejected if incomplete.
Your signature must match the signature on your passport.

The applicant’s identification documents

Please provide a high-quality, unobstructed photocopy of your valid passport.

Original document(s) and one photocopy

Please refer to "Before submitting your application" mentioned above

Payment Methods

Bank Transfer Information (Please click to view)**NOT suitable for Edinburgh Office
Postal order: available from UK post office. (Payee's name: TRO in the UK)
Company cheque: We do not accept personal cheques.
Banker's Draft with International Sort Code: Issued by any bank outside of the UK (For overseas applicants).

Please make the payment payable to “TRO in the UK” (cheques with an incorrect account name will not be accepted).

Collection

By post only: The applicant must provide an A4-sized self-addressed return envelope and choose from the following options:

To UK address: Royal Mail Special Delivery only (please provide a PAID/stamped return envelope).
To international address: DHL only ( the applicant must pay the fee so the TRO can arrange DHL on the applicant's behalf).

The TRO does not hold responsible for any services provided by third parties such as agents, post offices, and delivery service providers.

When agents, friends or family members act on your behalf, they must enclose the following documents:

Application form (the same form signed by the applicant)

It is acceptable if the agent uses the form with the applicant’s scanned signature, but the agent must fill in the agent information section on the form with their wet signature.

Original Letter of Authorisation with one photocopy

An authorisation letter signed by the applicant (please note: the applicant’s signature must be notarised as genuine by a Notary , solicitor or any R.O.C. overseas office). The TRO does not accept alternative formats.

Agent’s identification

A high-quality unobstructed photocopy of:1. the agent’s valid passport;2. the agent company’s certificate of incorporation (if applicable).

As the circumstances of each application may vary, the TRO reserves the right to request any additional supporting documents. In addition, due to Covid-19, the TRO may extend the processing time.

Authentication fee and processing time:

The working days of each application starts from the date when the TRO receives the payment(or the proof of the payment) and all the required documents specified above. The processing time does not include postal delivery.

IMPORTANT: Processing time starts the day we receive confirmation from the school.

Authentication Fee		Processing Time
Standard: per document	£12	Collection, or the documents will be posted on the 9th working day
Express: per document	£18	Collection, or the documents will be posted on the 5th working day
Degree certificate, transcript, and school letter will be charged separately.
Postage: for overseas address only		Delivery Schedule
DHL Overseas Express Worldwide service	£54	3-4 working days (delivery time according to DHL)
Postage : for UK address		Delivery Schedule
Special Delivery	£10	1-2 working days

Before applying for authenticating your Mandarin translation, please check with your receiving authority in Taiwan. The TRO does not provide any translation services. However, applicants can attest to the Mandarin translation in the following ways: Mandarin translation:

Having your translator attend in person to sign the document in the presence of assigned personnel at the consular division. You must include the following statement at the end of the translation: “I, _________________, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct Chinese translation of the English original document. Translator’s name:___________ Date: __________”**Please do not sign it beforehand.

Please get your document notarised by a notary public or a solicitor then legalised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO).

Please have your document authenticated in Taiwan by a notary public or district court with the original English document, which the TRO has certified

Other Important information:

1.It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all requirements as specified above have been fulfilled. Any incomplete application will be returned to the applicant without processing.

2. The TRO will only verify document(s) with FCDO Apostille(paper-based apostille only) and will not approve contents of any documents or give any advice on individual application.

3. The TRO does not hold responsible for any services provided by third parties such as agents, post offices, and delivery service providers.

Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.

Education Document Authentication