Quick answer
Certified passport copies are attached to powers of attorney, company filings and bank documents used in Taiwan, to identify someone acting from Florida. Florida issues an authentication certificate for Taiwan, not an apostille — $220, 5–7 business days.
- Issued by
- A Florida notary, either attesting a copy of the passport you present in person or notarizing your sworn statement that the attached copy is true.
- Florida state fee
- $10 — included in $220
- Route
- Florida authentication → U.S. Department of State → Taiwan embassy
- Online notarization
- Available as an add-on
- Consulate serving Florida
- Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami (its district includes Florida)
- Translation
- Taiwanese agencies work in Chinese, and many ask for a Chinese translation of English documents.
How a Florida passport copy is used in Taiwan
Certified passport copies are attached to powers of attorney, company filings and bank documents used in Taiwan, to identify someone acting from Florida. A Florida notary can make an attested copy of your U.S. or ROC passport, or you can sign a notarized true-copy statement, which can then be authenticated. Make sure the copy is legible and the name matches the main document.
Getting a passport copy Florida will authenticate
A clear copy of the photo page (and any other pages requested) with a complete Florida certificate in English: the attested-copy certificate, or a jurat on your sworn statement. A stamp and signature with no wording, or a copy notarized in another state, will not work.
Present your passport to a Florida notary for an attested copy (an individual notary may decline), or sign a sworn statement before any Florida notary or through our online notarization add-on: $40 for the first document ($10 notarization fee + $30 technology platform fee) and $20 for each additional document. Never mail your passport. Notarization is not included in our $220.
State fee for this document: $10 — included in our price. Full details on the passport copy page.
What happens after the Florida certificate — Taiwan
After we return your document with its Florida authentication certificate, it goes to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami, which covers Florida according to Taiwan's Bureau of Consular Affairs. Ask TECO Miami whether it also requires authentication by the U.S. Department of State first for your document type. In Taiwan, some agencies may also ask for the TECO seal to be verified by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which offers that service. We don't handle, arrange or refer anyone for these steps.
We don't handle or arrange the U.S. Department of State or embassy steps. See how non-Hague authentication works.
Who receives it in Taiwan — and translation
Taiwan's representative offices in the U.S. are the Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices (TECO); according to Taiwan's Bureau of Consular Affairs, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami covers Florida. In Taiwan, authenticated Florida documents go to household registration offices for marriages and births, the National Immigration Agency for residence, the Ministry of Education and universities for degree recognition and admission, employers and labor authorities for work permits, and the courts.
Taiwanese agencies work in Chinese, and many ask for a Chinese translation of English documents. Requirements differ by agency: some accept a translation made abroad, others want one made or notarized in Taiwan. Ask the receiving agency first. If it accepts a Florida translation, the translator certifies it, a different notary notarizes it, and it is authenticated in Florida with the original.
We found no single published Taiwanese rule on document age. Household registration offices and employers may want recent single-status documents and police checks, so ask the receiving agency how recent each must be.
Consular office serving Florida: Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami (its district includes Florida).
Four steps, one week
Order online
Pick the document and destination country on the order form and pay by card. After we review your documents, FedEx emails you a prepaid label.
Send it — or sign online
Drop the envelope at any FedEx location. Not signed yet? Add online notarization and there is nothing to ship.
We file in person
We review it, then walk it to the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee for the authentication certificate.
Returned to you
Back in 5–7 business days — anywhere in the U.S., or abroad for a flat $100.
Why passport copys get rejected
- Stamp and signature only, with no certificate wording
- Copy notarized in another state
- Incomplete certificate: missing county, date, ID type or presence box
- Illegible copy, including the machine-readable lines
What it costs for Taiwan
$220 per document, $380 for two and $160 each for three or more — the state fee, request form, in-person filing in Tallahassee and FedEx shipping inside the U.S. are included. Shipping the finished authentication to Taiwan is a flat $100 per order.
Not included: whatever the issuing office charges for the certified copy or certificate, and notarization (online notarization is $40 for the first document — $10 notarization fee + $30 technology platform fee — and $20 for each additional one).