This is so AYFKM that I’m laughing so much. With samurai punctuality, after two months exactly we have received the apostilled police records from Japan for Mei-Lin’s application for Italian nationality. Or at least I think so. It arrived as a recorded mail. Once opened, we saw there were two items inside: A smaller, sealed… Continue reading Japanese Schroedinger’s Police Records

Failure. Again. You remember that, just to be sure, I had sent a scan of Penelope’s documents for the Swiss Family Grimoire to Satan? Well, good that I did. Here is the reply. Hello darling, nice to hear your screams of agony again :-) You did some nice homework there. It’s a pity that the… Continue reading Penelope’s Quest For The Family Book: Phail #4

We are finally back from Taiwan, and I can now update you on the status of things. I can proudly say that it went impressively well: we managed to do almost everything, we packed our agenda as much as possible and we managed to complete all tasks by the very last day before departing! I… Continue reading Back From Taiwan: Debriefing

I went to the Pesto Tower to pick up the double-legalized documents for Mei-Lin’s Italian nationality application (from Taiwan side): birth certificate (in Chinese), police records (multilingual), and household registration transcript (in English). I had to stay one night in hotel in Taipei in order to be able to do everything in time. The next… Continue reading Mei-Lin’s Italian Nationality Expense Tracking #3

We obtained, legalized, double-legalized etc all the documents necessary for requesting Penelope’s inclusion in the Swiss Family Book. I have sent a scan of them to Satan to be sure everything is in order before sending them by post. Costs are so updated: Penelope’s Household Registration Transcript (English version): 100 NTD Penelope’s birth certificate (in… Continue reading Swiss Family Book Expense Tracking #2

Here is the updated costs for Serse’s bureaucracy in Taiwan. Our wedding certificate from Taileng’s HRO: 15 NTD Application to Immigration office: 600 NTD Transportation costs: 180+180 NTD. Back to HRO and request for Household Certificate, application for Taiwanese health card, child subsidies, and ID: 30 NTD Taiwanese passport from MOFA plus express service: 900+900… Continue reading Serse’s Expense Tracking #5

There is some updates on Mei-Lin’s quest for the acquisition of Italian nationality. We went to the Household Registration Office in Taipei and requested Mei-Lin’s original birth certificate, then we went to the police and obtained Mei-Lin’s criminal records certificate, and then we went to the notary to legalize them. But then the notary spotted… Continue reading Update On Mei-Lin’s Italian Nationality Application

Greetings from Taiwan. Just briefly reporting on our ordeal. The Gold Card renewal went smoothly. All the other stuff is still WIP but proceeding according to schedule. These are exhausting weeks.

I will add Serse’s expenses for Taiwanese passport and Taiwan residence registration to the costs already tracked before for the Italian passport, so to have a complete overview of Baby Serse Costs. I went to the Stattskanzlei to legalize birth certificate and yellow vaccination booklet. The legalization on the yellow booklet was a joke: the… Continue reading Serse’s Expense Tracking #4

UPDATE 2023-10-03: Regrettably, there were some inaccuracies in the post below, but only related to future planning. In the best interest of documenting the correct procedure, I have now edited this post with the correct information. OK, this is probably going to be a long post. As I previously wrote, we decided to overcomplicate our… Continue reading Serse’s Bureaucracy In Taiwan