Living in Taiwan shouldn’t take luck.
在臺灣生活，不用靠運氣。
Everything you have to sort out after you arrive, broken into steps — each task carrying the sources it cites and the date we checked them, so you can check us.
16 life tasks. 16 of them carry cited sources and a verification date.
16 項生活任務，其中 16 項已標註來源與查核日期。29 government · 5 university · 4 other
Source categories are derived from the domain: *.gov.tw and *.gov.taipei count as government, *.edu.tw as university, everything else as other.
Every task currently carries cited sources and a verification date.
Who we are, before you read anything else
先說清楚我們是誰This site is maintained by a student team. It is not a government body or a university office. The content is compiled from official public sources and is not legal advice; check the sources listed on each page before you act.
Your first month in Taiwan, in order
來臺第一個月，照這個順序做Five stages in time order. Open any task for its steps, the documents to bring, and the sources it cites.
Before you arrive
1 task- Handle Student Residence BasicsRiskHigh
Your first week
4 tasks- Complete School RegistrationRiskMedium
- Activate Campus Digital AccountsRiskMedium
- Get and Use a Transit Stored-Value CardRiskLow
- Choose a Mobile PlanRiskMedium
Your first month
5 tasks- Confirm the Correct Health ExaminationRiskHigh
- Confirm Your NHI Enrollment StatusRiskHigh
- Prepare to Open a Bank AccountRiskHigh
- Check a Rental Contract Before SigningRiskHigh
- Learn Your Local Waste RulesRiskMedium
Any time
6 tasksLeaving Taiwan
0 tasksLeaving Taiwan — things like cancelling insurance, closing accounts, ending a lease, a final tax return, handing back a residence card — is not published yet. We have not set a release date, so we are not printing one here.
If you only need one thing done
只想先辦好某一件事The four outcomes people ask about most, straight to the task that covers them.
Get your residence permit sorted
Handle Student Residence BasicsJoin National Health Insurance
Confirm Your NHI Enrollment StatusOpen a bank account
Prepare to Open a Bank AccountGet a transit card
Get and Use a Transit Stored-Value Card
Common questions
常見問題The Q&A is not published yet. The rule is already fixed: answers cite reviewed sources only, and where the evidence is missing we say we do not know rather than guess. Until it ships, these two are what we can actually offer.
Search the task library yourself — every task lists its steps and its sources.
Talk to a person
- Advisory hotline for foreign residents in Taiwan
- 1990
- From abroad
- +886-800-001990
- National Immigration Agency
- See the National Immigration Agency website for service hours and languages · opens in a new window
- University international office
- Contact the international office at your own university
Living in Taiwan shouldn’t take luck.
在臺灣生活，不用靠運氣。
Pick your stage and you get an ordered list of what to do next.