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Certified Taiwanese Driver's License Translation

eVerbary translates your Taiwanese driver's license into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.

An expiry date that may no longer apply

Taiwanese driver's licenses are issued by the highway supervision authority (公路監理機關). They used to be renewed every six years. From 1 July 2013 ordinary, non-professional licenses no longer had to be renewed and stayed valid after the printed date; from 1 July 2017 they were valid until the holder turned 75. An amendment in force from 31 May 2026 sets the limit at 70 for new licenses and for holders under 70, with renewal to 75 after that.

So a Taiwanese license whose printed expiry date has passed can still be valid at home. We translate the date exactly as printed and do not add our own view of validity; a US DMV applies its own rules. Professional (職業) licenses keep shorter renewal cycles, with health checks from age 60, and are translated in the same way, category for category.

Classes, names and dates

The license lists the vehicle categories the holder may drive, such as 普通小型車 (ordinary small car). Taiwanese categories do not match US classes, so we translate each one literally and keep the Chinese term beside it. Dates are in Minguo years with the Gregorian year in brackets, and the name follows your passport spelling so the license matches the rest of your file.

Ask your DMV what it accepts before you apply: some states take a translation with the foreign license, others want an international driving permit, and some require a road test whatever you hold. See the general driver's license translation page, the Taiwanese vehicle registration page and our Chinese page. If you also hold an international driving permit issued in Taiwan, send it as well; we translate any part that is not in English.

What USCIS requires

Under 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3), a foreign-language document must be accompanied by a complete English translation and the translator's certification that it is accurate. Every seal, stamp and marginal note is part of the document, so every one is translated.

State agencies set their own rules — see government agencies — and what our certification states is on this page.

How it works

Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.

A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.

Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.

Certified vs. standard translation

A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.

A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.

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