Replace a Lost ARC
Replacement, residence extension, and information changes are separate procedures. Use the NIA’s latest instructions immediately.
Rules change. Open the official sources below and confirm before you act.
For help in another language, call the advisory hotline for foreign residents1990
This organizes the ARC replacement process and is not immigration legal advice. Required documents, fees, and procedures are controlled by the NIA’s official response.
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Before you start
Reduce the risk of document misuse, confirm the applicable replacement channel and documents, submit the application, and save the official receipt.
- Applies to
- International students whose ARC is lost, damaged, or otherwise needs replacement while studying in Taiwan
- Rule level
- Location-, status-, document-, and procedure-specific
- Group
- Status & Residence
- When
- Any time
What to prepare
Steps
Determine whether the document was lost, stolen, damaged, or needs an information change. If the entire wallet is missing, separately secure other cards through each issuer’s official channel.
Prepare a declaration of loss, police report, or other applicable document under the NIA’s current requirements. Do not assume every situation uses exactly the same documents.
Enter the student online system through the NIA website or ask the local service station whether online or in-person processing applies.
Submit the passport, enrollment, and other information required for your current student status, then confirm the current fee, correction method, and collection arrangement.
Save the official submission, payment, correction, and approval records. Submission does not mean that replacement is complete.
If the old ARC is later found, do not resume using it without first following the NIA’s instructions.
Every step has its own link, so a single step can be shared.
Common mistakes, and what done looks like
- Problem
- Waiting to handle the loss together with a future residence extension because the ARC will expire soon.
- How to fix it
- Replacement and extension are separate procedures. Check the NIA’s current requirement immediately and obtain an official answer.
- Problem
- Sending passport and residence information to an unknown agent in a social-media group.
- How to fix it
- Stop sending personal data and use only the NIA website, service station, or school’s official contact.
What done looks like
You have an official submission result, understand the correction and collection arrangements, and have secured any other cards lost at the same time.
Practice scenario
- Scene
- A student discovers that a wallet containing an ARC and other cards is missing
- You will talk to
- School adviserSchool international-student residence adviser
2 questions
Sources and page information
This page is compiled from the public sources below. Individual steps are not footnoted to a source yet.
- 1
Official government移民署
外國及僑港澳學生線上申辦系統送件須知(opens in a new window)https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141465/141469/367180/cp_newswww.immigration.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20 - 2
Official government移民署
居留證屆期或遺失辦理說明(opens in a new window)https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5382/5385/7229/7232/368785www.immigration.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20 - 3
Official governmentNIA
ARC Application and Replacement Instructions(opens in a new window · PDF)https://www.immigration.gov.tw/media/80228/instructions-on-document-submission-in-applications-by-foreign-nationals-for-an-alien-resident-certificate-or-its-extension-or-replacement-or-change-of-reason-for-residence.pdfwww.immigration.gov.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20
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Related tasks
Other tasks in the same group (Status & Residence).
- Complete School RegistrationRiskMedium
- Handle Student Residence BasicsRiskHigh
Get help from a person
- Advisory hotline for foreign residents in Taiwan
- 1990
- From abroad
- +886-800-001990
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