The Regulation is enacted in accordance with Paragraph 3 of Article 59 of the Immigration Act (hereinafter referred to as "the Act").

When foundations and non-profit institutions apply for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking, the objective or service items provided in the endorsement or constitutions shall contain provisions concerning transnational matchmaking services.

Foundations and non-profit institutions under any of the following circumstances shall not apply for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking:
1. Those that are unsound in operational or financial affairs and have not improved after the competent authority’s requests for correction, improvement with a specific period of time, or management with a specific period of time.
2. The approval of engaging in transnational matchmaking is revoked or withdrawn due to violations of the Regulation.
3. The directors, council members, or supervisors take part-time positions as staffs on the transnational matchmaking business.
4. A court has rendered a final and unappealable judgment against representatives or staffs on the transnational matchmaking business who engaged in human traffic or cause false marriages for the violations of Article 214 “causing a functionary to make false entries in public documents”, Article 339 “common fraud,” and Article 342 “offenses of breach of trusts” of the Criminal Code, Articles 29 to 32 of the Passport Act, or Articles 29 to 33 of the Human Trafficking Prevention Act.
5. A court has rendered a final and unappealable against representatives or staffs on the transnational matchmaking business for committing any of the crimes under the chapter of Sexual Offenses and Offenses against Morality, Articles 240 to 243 “offenses against marriage and family,” Articles 296 to 300, 302, 304, 305 “offenses against freedom,” Article 332 “offenses of robbery,” and Article 347, 348 “offenses of kidnapping for ransom” of the Criminal Code, Articles 32 to 40 of the Child and Youth Sexual Transaction Prevention Act, Article 3 of the Organized Crime Prevention Act, Articles 6 and 7 of the Statute for Narcotics Hazard Control, Articles 79 and 83 of the Act Governing Relations between People of the Taiwan Area and Mainland Area, or Article 73 of the Act.
6. The representative(s) or staff on the transnational matchmaking business violating Paragraph 2 of Article 58 of the Act and are fined twice or more.
7. The representative(s) or staff of the transnational matchmaking business had possessed position of representative of another foundation or non-profit institution, to which its approval of engaging in transnational matchmaking business was revoked under the circumstances specified in Subparagraph 3-8 or Subparagraph 11-13 of Article 22.
8. The representative(s) or staff of the transnational matchmaking business, while possessing the position of staff in another foundation or non-profit institution, caused revocation to practicing transnational matchmaking business under the circumstance specified in Subparagraph 6 of Article 22.
9. The representative(s) or staff of the transnational matchmaking business are now the representatives of another foundation or non-profit institution approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business; or the representatives are now the staff of another foundation or non-profit institution approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business.
Foundations and non-profit institutions with one of the circumstances specified in Subparagraph 2 or 6-8 of the preceding paragraph shall not apply for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking within 4 years from the occurrence of one of the circumstances specified in Subparagraph 2 or 6-8 of the preceding paragraph; those who are sentenced to exemption punishment, detention, a fine, or the imprisonment of not more than two year under the circumstance of Subparagraph 4 or 5 of the preceding paragraph shall not apply for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking within ten years from the date of the final and irrevocable verdict.

Foundations and non-profit institutions shall apply to the National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “National Immigration Agency”) for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking business with the following documents in duplicate:
1. Application form
2. Required service plan as follows:
a. Service items and procedures
b. Source of income and expenditure budget
c. Fee items and amounts
d. Service locations
e. Staff list and salary
f. The designed written contracts for the parties who are to be matched
g. Other contents that are relevant to the promotion of transnational matchmaking service
3. Copies of the documents proving the registration of legal entities and the list of directors (council members), and supervisors. Foundations shall also include copies of endorsements containing the transnational matchmaking and the permit on transactional matchmaking from the competent authorities. Non-profit institutions shall include copies of constitutions. If the objective or service items listed on the constitutions are amended, the copies of the approval of amendments on constitutions from the competent authorities should be included.
If necessary, the National Immigration Agency may request applicants to turn in the originals of documents specified in Subparagraph 3 of the previous paragraph.

If foundations and non-profit institutions applying for approval to engage in transnational matchmaking business have the following circumstances, the National Immigration Agency shall deny the application; for those that have been approved, the National Immigration Agency shall revoke the approval:
1. Violating Article 2 of the Regulation.
2. Those that shall not apply for approval pursuant to Article 3.
3. Misrepresentation in the turned-in documents.
4. Insufficient application documents; after the notice, the rectification or supplementation is still not done within the specific period stipulated.
5. The designed written contracts for the parties who are to be matched do not comply with Paragraph 2 of Article 16 or breach the principle of good faith; such contracts are not corrected within a required period specified in the notice.
6. The service plan contains services items unrelated to transnational matchmaking business; and such behavior is not corrected within a required period specified in the notice.
7. To include service items, which are designated as requiring permission by other regulations, into part of the service plan without first acquiring the approval; and such behavior is not corrected within a required period specified in the notice.

The National Immigration Agency shall complete the examination within two (2) months since the application has been processed. The National Immigration Agency may extend the period once as it deems necessary; provided that such extension shall not exceed one (1) month.
A copy of the examination results referred to in the previous paragraph shall be sent to the competent authority which approved the establishment of foundations and non-profit institutions.

Once foundations and non-profit institutions get approvals to engage in transnational matchmaking business, the National Immigration Agency shall issue the approval certificate.
The approval certificate referred to in the previous paragraph is valid for four (4) years.
Foundations and non-profit institutions may renew the approval certificate by submitting documents specified in Paragraph 1 of Article 4 within ninety (90) days before the expiration of the certificate.

The approval certificate shall list the name of the foundations and non-profit institutions, address, names of the representatives, expiration date of the certificate, service items, and service locations.
Foundations and non-profit institutions shall label the approval certificate, fee standards, and fee amounts on a clear spot in their service locations.

Foundations and non-profit institutions shall not rent or transfer the approval certificate to others.
Foundations and non-profit institutions which lost or exhaust their approval certificate shall apply for a replacement by submitting the application form and affidavit. Those who soil the approval certificate shall apply for a replacement by submitting the original approval certificate.

If changes were to be made to the name of the legal entity, address, or names of the representatives listed on the approval certificate, foundations and non-profit institutions shall apply to the National Immigration Agency for a new approval certificate by submitting the application form, original approval certificate, and modified documents within thirty (30) days following the date of such changes.
If changes were to be made to the service items and service locations listed on the approval certificate, foundations and non-profit institutions shall first apply to the National Immigration Agency for a new approval certificate by submitting the application form, original approval certificate, and modified documents, before such changes could be made.

If changes were to be made to fee items, fee amounts, staff list in the transnational matchmaking business, foundations and non-profit institutions shall apply to the National Immigration Agency for approval by submitting the application form and modified documents, before such changes could be made.

Every year, foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business shall report to the National Immigration Agency the results of last year’s matchmaking business by January 31st.

Every year, The National Immigration Agency shall conduct the business examinations on foundations and non-profit institutions that are approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business. The examinations may be done by random checks based on the circumstances. Foundations and non-profit institutions shall accommodate the above procedure, provide relevant information, and shall not avoid, obstruct or deny the examination.
The above business examinations cover the service items, financial affairs, fee items, fee amounts, written contracts signed by parties who are to be matched, and other necessary items.
The business examinations referred to in Paragraph 1 may be conducted together with the competent authority which approved the establishment of the foundations and non-profit institutions.

The National Immigration Agency shall conduct a service quality assessment on the foundations and non-profit institutions approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business. Such foundations and non-profit institutions shall cooperate in such assessment and provide relevant information without avoiding, impeding or refusing the assessment request.
The assessment referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include the following items:
1. Administrative management
2. Professional capacity
3. Service quality
4. Public welfare and innovation
5. Other required matters pursuant to the relevant laws and regulations.
The assessment referred to in Paragraph 1 hereof shall be conducted on site. The assessment may be conducted in conjunction with professionals, scholars, or competent authorities governing the establishment of the foundations and non-profit institutions being assessed.
The results of the assessment referred to in Paragraph 1 hereof shall have five grades, respectively from A to E. The National Immigration Agency shall stipulate an implementation plan for the relevant matters regarding the assessment, such as the assessment items, contents, standards, and grading methods and make an official notice of the same 12 months prior to the implementation of the assessment.

Except for approved service locations, foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business shall not use branches of other formalities to engage in the transnational matchmaking business.

If foundations and non-profit institutions wish to terminate the transnational matchmaking service before the approval certificate expires, they shall apply to the National Immigration Agency for the approval of rescission by submitting the application form and the original approval certificate and shall return the approval certificate.

When providing matchmaking services, foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business shall sign a written contract with the parties who are to be matched.
The written contract referred to in the previous paragraph shall list the following items and be written in both Chinese and the official language of the country where a party being to be matched resides:
1. Service items
2. Fee items and amounts
3. Fee collections and refunds
4. Compensations and measures in case of default
5. Other items required by the National Immigration Agency.
The claims for fees which are not listed in the written contract are not enforceable. No additional fees may be charged after the contract has been signed.

Once foundations and non-profit institutions sign the written contract with parties who are to be matched, they shall provide all personal information that the parties to be matched agree to disclose in writing, including the health condition, family background, marriage history, criminal records, and financial status such as the income, deposit and debt, without any concealment.

Receipts shall be made whenever foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business charge and receive fees. Counterfoils of the receipts shall be kept for five (5) years.

Foundations and non-profit institutions approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business may disclose the full name of the entity and approval number on their websites, official websites of social networking software or communication software, and signs or billboards at the approved service location.
The ways of disclosing information referred to in the preceding paragraph shall not contain any words, pictures, videos or manners to recruit or solicit commercial transactions.

If foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business have the following circumstances, the National Immigration Agency shall request for improvement within a specific period; if improvements are still not done within the specific period stipulated, the National Immigration Agency shall annul the approval certificate:
1. One of the circumstances specified in Subparagraph 4 to 6 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 within the specific period stated in Paragraph 2 of Article 3.
2. To fail to label the approval certificate, fee standards, and fee amounts on a clear spot in the service locations as referred to in Paragraph 2 of Article 8.
3. To fail to apply for modifications and a new approval certificate as referred to in Article 10.
4. To fail to report and apply to the National Immigration Agency for modifications in accordance with Article 11.
5. To fail to report results of last year’s matchmaking business as referred to in Article 12.
6. To fail to accommodate the business examinations or to avoid, obstruct, or deny providing relevant information as referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 13.
7. To fail to apply for the rescission approval and return the approval certificate as referred to in Article 16.
8. To fail to sign written contract with parties who are to be matched as referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 17; or that the written contract fails to comply with Paragraph 2 of Article 17; or that additional fees are charged after the contract has been signed as referred to in Paragraph 3 of Article 17.
9. To fail to make receipts and keep the counterfoils as referred to in Article 19.
10. To fail to comply with Paragraph 1 of Article 20 in respect of the location of the signs and billboards, or the ways of disclosing information.
11. To engage any service item that was unapproved, or to change the endorsement or its objectives to items unrelated to provide transnational matchmaking services.

If foundations and non-profit institutions engaging in transnational matchmaking business have one of the following circumstances, the National Immigration Agency shall rescind their approval and revoke the approval certificate:
1. The circumstance specified in Subparagraph 1 or 3 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3.
2. The circumstance specified in Subparagraph 7 or 8 of Paragraph 1 of Article 3 within the specific period stated in Paragraph 2 of Article 3.
3. Violation to Paragraph 1 of Article 9 by renting or transferring the approval certificate to others.
4. Violation to Article 15, to establish branches of other formalities that conduct the transnational matchmaking business.
5. To be fined twice or more for violating Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 3 of Article 58 of the Act within four years.
6. To be fined twice or more in violation of Paragraph 1 of Article 60 of the Act within four years for failing to accomplish the duty of inspection and keep the confidentiality for the personal information provided by parties to be matched, providing information without the parties’ prior consent , or providing information that is not complete and not reciprocal.
7. To assist parties who are to be matched to fill in or hand in the misleading information.
8. To transfer or authorize part or all of the service operation to others.
9. To have no practical matchmaking deals in two (2) consecutive years after being approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business.
10. To be dissolved by the competent authority that approved the establishment of the foundations and non-profit institutions.
11. To obstruct public interests, causing serious consequence.
10. To be graded D for two (2) consecutive years with a notice to improve received after the first D.
12. To be graded below Grade C for three (3) consecutive years or Grade D for two (2) consecutive years..
13. To fail to cooperate in the assessment pursuant to Paragraph 1 of Article 14 or to avoid, impede or refuse such assessment request.

The National Immigration Agency shall make official notice of any of the following matters regarding foundations and non-profit institutions approved to engage in transnational matchmaking business:
1. the results of the service quality assessment;
2. being subject to fines due to violations of Paragraph 2 or Paragraph 3 of Article 58 or Article 60 of the Act;
3. the recession or revocation of the approval.

The Regulation shall come into effect as of the date of promulgation, except for the amendments proclaimed on December 28, 2023, effective as of January 1, 2024.