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National Health Insurance Administration to Help New Immigrants with the NIC with New Certificate Number

A migrant worker recently noticed that the residence permit number and the health insurance card didn’t match. He therefore called the North District Office of National Health Insurance Administration. Photo reproduced from Pixabay
A migrant worker recently noticed that the residence permit number and the health insurance card didn’t match. He therefore called the North District Office of National Health Insurance Administration. Photo reproduced from Pixabay
Taiwan Immigrants' Global News Network】Editor/ Tim Wu (吳宗翰)

[Taiwan Immigrants’ Global News Network] A migrant worker recently noticed that the residence permit number and the health insurance card didn’t match. He therefore called the North District Office of National Health Insurance Administration and discovered that they had taken the effort to provide migrants with a new permit number at no cost. The migrant worker thanks for the prompt and kind service with the health insurance card.

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National Health Insurance Administration to Help New Immigrants with the NIC with New Certificate Number Photo provided by National Health Insurance Administration

North District Office of National Health Insurance Administration (健保署北區業務組) stated that the NIA will renew New UI No. for Foreign Nationals from January 2nd, 2022. The Health insurance card (NIC) with the new certificate number will be mailed to the correspondence address of the insured unit to which it belongs, or to the address of the payment slip if the insurance is in the public office.

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National Health Insurance Administration to Help New Immigrants with the NIC with New Certificate Number Photo reproduced from Pixabay

North District Office of National Health Insurance Administration (健保署北區業務組) reminded that before receiving the Health insurance card (NIC) with the new certificate number, the old number of health insurance cards currently held can be used for normal medical treatment or vaccine appointments. However, after obtaining the new NIC, the old NIC will be cancelled. If you need to seek medical treatment, make an appointment for vaccines, or use the NIC for identity verification, you must use the new NIC; the National Health Insurance APP (健保快易通APP) also needs to re-apply with a new NIC number.

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