From residence documents to driving licence.
A practical checklist for foreign residents—what to verify, where to use official English material, and what happens at each stage.
Eligibility and document details depend on your residence status, licence class, and local processing office. Requirements can change; confirm before paying for photographs, a health check, or training.
Confirm your residence document and licence route
The Highway Bureau’s English Q&A states that foreign applicants should provide a stay or residence permit valid for more than six months. Ask the office whether your existing foreign licence can be exchanged or whether you need the full Taiwan test.
Official foreign-applicant Q&A ↗English MVDIS services ↗Prepare the learner-permit package
The official guidance lists identity or residence documents, three recent one-inch colour photographs, and a driving-licence registration form with a qualified health and physical-fitness examination. Bring originals and ask whether your office captures photographs digitally.
- Passport and valid residence or stay document
- Required photographs in the current format
- Approved health and physical-fitness examination
- Learner-permit and test fees
- Any translation or licence-exchange documents
Use the current Year 115 bank—not an old app
For tests on or after 30 June 2026, the car exam uses 50 multiple-choice questions and includes five hazard videos. Download the current language edition directly from the Highway Bureau and compare any third-party app against it.
English car question-bank downloads ↗Official random simulator ↗Reserve the correct test and location
Use MVDIS or contact the office named by your driving school. Confirm language availability, arrival time, payment method, vehicle category, and whether any training or learner-permit holding period applies to you.
MVDIS exam services ↗Find a motor vehicles office ↗Expect 50 questions and a practical pass threshold
Every question is worth two points. The published pass mark is 85, so the first achievable passing score is 86: 43 correct answers. Read negative stems carefully, watch every video to the end, and do not rely on answer length.
Before startingConfirm the language and audio or video controls.
During the testAnswer the rule, not what you have seen drivers do.
Before submittingRecheck NOT, incorrect, except, numbers and signs.
Train the observation routine, not only field markers
Vehicle markers vary with seat position, mirrors, car dimensions and test field. Practise visible head checks, pedestrian yielding, lane control, the ramp start, S-curve, reverse bay, parallel parking, and the current local scoring sheet.
Open RoadReady’s public practical-test guide →Official practical scoring information ↗Follow the examiner and verify licence issuance
On test day, bring the documents and originals specified by your office, arrive early, and follow examiner instructions even if they differ from a practice video. The licence is issued only after all required written and practical components are passed.
If the English wording feels unfamiliar
- Study the same question in English and a language you know well.
- Build a glossary for legal verbs: must, shall, may, prohibited, yield and revoke.
- Memorise exact numbers separately from safety logic.
- Ask the testing office what language versions are available on its system.
This guide summarises public information and does not determine eligibility, replace an official document checklist, provide immigration or legal advice, or guarantee a test result. The responsible motor vehicles office has the final word.