Academic Records and Education Documents

Applications must be sent by post.

For any inquiries, please email us at: edinburgh@mofa.gov.tw
Applicants MUST first contact the Taiwanese authorities (employer, immigration, school, etc.) who require these documents and confirm that the document's content, format, and numbers of copies, are as required. We do not take responsibility if the authenticated documents are rejected for their purpose.
The document(s) need to be issued by an officially recognized educational body: You can check whether or not your school is recognized here.

Consular Jurisdiction / Service Area

Scotland, North England (above Durham and Cumbria), and the Isle of Man.
For documents originally issued in any other UK regions not mentioned above, including North England ( below Durham and Cumbria), please submit your application to Taipei Representative Office in the UK(London).

Postal Address

Taipei Representative Office in the UK, Edinburgh Office
1 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7PE, United Kingdom

Before submitting your application

You MUST choose from One of the following methods for your education document(s) confirmation before submit your application to this office.

The working days of each application starts from the date when this office receives both the payment(or the proof of the payment) and all the Required Documents specified below including the confirmation from the school. The processing time does not include postal delivery.

Method 1: Document Legalized by FCDO

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 send the notarised document(s) to the FCDO Legalisation Office to be legalized. We accept paper-based apostille only.

Note: 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 attach paper-based apostilles to the documents.

Method 2 : Request the document(s) issuing university/party to send PDF file of Academic confirmation/ certified copy of original degree certificate/transcript via email directly to this office. (DELIVERY ADDRESS: edinburgh@mofa.gov.tw)

Note: The electronic PDF version of Academic confirmation/ certified copy of original degree certificate/ transcript that being sent to us directly from the university is for verify only. It cannot be recognised as the Applicant's official degree certificate/ transcript. We MUST receive the official original paper-certificate/transcript from the Applicant as it is part of the required document. The university should provide a way for you to purchase these physical documents. It is the applicant's responsibility for the accuracy of the physical documents before submitting them to this office.

For professional agent:

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).

Required Documents

Applicant is responsible for preparing and collecting all the Required Documents. The full application needs to include all the Required Documents and it MUST be delivered to this office in one pack.

No	Document	Notes
1	Document Authentication 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.
2	The applicant’s identification documents	Please provide a high-quality, unobstructed Colour photocopy of the applicant's valid passport at original scale and dimensions.
3	Original document(s) and one photocopy	Degree Confirmation: Please refer to "Before submitting your application" mentioned above for document confirmation. Applicant MUST still provide the hard copy of original document(s) with one photocopy. Note, we will not be able verify the document(s) until we receive both the official original paper-certificate/ transcript from the Applicant and the e-confirmation from the University.
4	Fee and Payment Methods / Collection Methods	Refer to Consular Services and Application Fee
When agents act on your behalf, they must enclose the following documents:
5	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.
6	Letter of Authorisation	An authorisation letter hand-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.
7	Agent’s identification	A high-quality unobstructed Colour 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, this office reserves the right to request any additional supporting documents. This office does not hold responsible for any services provided by third parties such as agents, post offices, and delivery service providers.