If your Taiwanese partner is currently living in Japan and you lot are able to obtain his or her family register in Taiwan, we can complete the formalities in Japan simply!

In other cases, it does not affair whether the procedure is carried out in Japan or Taiwan first.

In other cases, information technology does not affair whether y'all employ in Japan or Taiwan commencement.

If you wish to apply for wedlock in Japan first

1. Obtaining a copy of your family register in Taiwan

If you are a Taiwanese national, you need to obtain three copies of your family register in Taiwan. If you lot are in Japan and have an associate in Taiwan, you can go to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Role to obtain the application form and a alphabetic character of attorney for your associate.

2. Obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility for Marriage

You tin apply for a Certificate of Eligibility for Spousal relationship at the Taipei Economical and Cultural Representative Office.

Required documents for Taiwanese nationals

  • A copy of your family unit register (Japanese translation required)
  • Passport

3. Marriage registration in Nihon

To annals your union in Nihon, please visit your local municipal office in Nippon.

Required documents

  • A re-create of the Taiwanese family register (Japanese translation required) and the Taiwanese passport
  • Japanese seal (inkan)

Subsequently your notification has been accepted, you lot will be able to obtain a copy of your family register showing your spouse. Please obtain three copies of this document. (One of them will be used to utilise for a residence visa)

4. Register your marriage in Taiwan

You can register your marriage either in Nippon or in Taiwan.

If in Japan

You and your spouse should get to the Taipei Economical and Cultural Role to register your marriage in Taiwan.

Required documents

  • Two copies of your family annals with your spouse's name on it and both of your passports
  • A personal seal with the full proper noun of the Taiwanese national.
  • A re-create of the family register of the Taiwanese national when he or she was unmarried (the re-create obtained in 1)
  • The marriage certificate will be issued in about 2 days after the awarding.
If done in Taiwan

Two copies of your family unit register with your spouse's details will exist authenticated at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Part. The two certified copies of the wedlock certificate must be submitted to the metropolis hall of your place of residence in Taiwan.

If you wish to apply for marriage in Taiwan first

1. Obtaining a copy of your family register

Japanese nationals should obtain a copy of their family register at the municipal function of their identify of residence or dwelling. Afterward obtaining a re-create of your family register, you volition need to travel from Japan to Taiwan.

2. Obtain a Certificate of Eligibility for Matrimony

You can obtain a "Document of Eligibility for Marriage" at the International Exchange Association Taipei Office or Kaohsiung Office in Taiwan.

Required documents

  • A copy of the Japanese family register
  • Japanese passport (original and copy)

3.Certification of the Certificate of Eligibility for Wedlock

The Certificate of Eligibility for Marriage will be authenticated at the Consular Role of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan. This procedure takes approximately 2 days.

4．Submitting the Marriage Certificate to Taiwan

You and your spouse volition go to the city hall of Taiwan and submit the "Certificate of Eligibility for Marriage" and the "Spousal relationship Certificate". Once the notification is accepted, y'all will be able to obtain a "re-create of the family unit annals with your spouse's data" and a "matrimony certificate".

This is the end of the procedure in Taiwan. Let's become back to Japan.

5. Register your marriage in Japan

You can register your spousal relationship at the municipal office in Japan.

Required documents

  • Spousal relationship certificate (Japanese translation required) and a copy of the family annals of your spouse (Japanese translation required)
  • Taiwanese passport (not required if non already issued)
  • Japanese seal (inkan)