1. To open a new account, the customer (including the representative of the firm) should take his/her personal seal to come to the Bank. Besides the following two ID documents, the applicant should also provide a second ID document listed under Article 2 below.
Individual: ID card, or passport (foreigner should also provide ROC ID No.)
Government Agency: official document and ID card of the person in charge.
Group: registration certificate with the governing authority or document approving the establishment, and ID card of the representative person.
Firm: Business Registration Certificate and ID card of the representative person.
Corporation: Business Registration Certificate, company license or Change Registration Form, and ID card of the representative person.
2. The applicant should also provide one of the following complementary ID documents.
Individual applicant: National Health Insurance (NHI) Card, passport, driving license, student license, etc.
Non-individual applicant: memo of the board meetings, corporate constitutions, financial reports, tax certificate, etc.
3. Individual applicant should leave a photo with the Bank to open a demand deposits account (check deposits excluded).
4. Individual applicant should use his/her real name to open the account.
(1) Qualified Applicants for Demand Deposits and
Time Deposits:
a. Adults or married minors.
b. Juveniles above 7 years old should get permission
from their legal representatives (father and mother)
, or either father or mother should get the agreement
of the other side to open the account.
c. For children below 7 years old and the interdicted
people, the account should be opened by their
legal representatives (father and mother).
(2) Qualified Applicants for Check Deposits:
a. Adults or married minors.
b. Foreigners with Taiwan residence but should leave
the copies of their passports and residence cards
with the Bank.
c. People without behavioral ability or with restricted
behavioral ability are unqualified to apply.
d. Individuals or companies that have not been released
from the rejection list are unqualified to apply.
Opening NTD Deposit Accounts at BOT for Foreigners
Foreign natural individuals:To open a bank account with
us,a foreign natural individual should take care of this
matter in person,simply visit any BOT branch and
prepare the required documents as follows.
．Valid passport with legal entry visa(or stamp).
．Secondary identification (any one of the following):
(a)Residen Visa
(b)Record of ID No.in the Republic of China
(c)Taiwan Driver's License
(d)Health IC Card,etc.
．Record of ROC ID Number issued by Police
Department Foreign Affairs Division or Immigration
office National Police Agency.
The applicant is required to fill out the application form
with his/her primary name and provide the photo image
for our filing.
Foreign Juristic Persons:A foreign juristic person should
arrange a R.O.C. representative or agent to open the
bank account on its behalf.
Required documents:
．Copy of certificate of registration notarized by Taiwan
Representative Office.
．Copy of passport of the person in charge and R.O.C.
representative or agent.
．Secondary ID card.
．Power of attorney to authorize ite agent within the
territory of Taiwan as the representative to open bank
accounts.
The document must be notarized by our Taiwan
Representative Office.
．Uniform Number for withholding issued by National
Tax Bureau in Taiwan.
．3 types of deposit accounts are available for application:
Demand Deposit Account,Demand Savings Deposit
Account and Time Deposit Account. As for Checking
Accounts are limited to foreign banks,foreign securities
firms or foreign insurance companies Taiwan
representative offices registered with ROC government
for application.
．The selling and buying of foreign exchange for funds in
NTD accounts of foreigners must be administrated in
accordance with the regulations established by the
Central Bank of China,R.O.C.