Taipei residents can now pay their driver's license and driving permit renewal fees at more than 3,000 7-Eleven and Hi-Life Convenience stores in Taipei City, Taipei County and Keelung.
Residents who registered their driver's licenses and driving permits in Taipei City can save a trip to the Motor Vehicles Office or its service centers and pay the renewal fee at the stores by paying a NT$15 processing fee.
According to the office, drivers and motorists will need to mail required documents, including copies of ID, old driver's licenses and photos to the office within seven days of paying the fee at a convenience store, and will be able to receive new licenses and permits in three to seven days.
deliver
Cheng Chia-liang (鄭佳良), director of the office, said that it would seek to provide a more convenient service to allow drivers and motorists to deliver documents at the convenience stores, rather than visiting postal offices to mail the documents.
"Convenience stores provide a 24-hour service every day, and it's easy for people to find a store to pay the fee ? We will continue to seek more cooperation with convenience stores," he said.
Cheng said that Taipei was the first city to launch the service, and other cities and counties have already expressed an interest in adopting similar schemes.
The Taiwan Post Co issued a statement yesterday reminding motorists they can pay fees for new license plates as well as vehicle registrations at the post office, with a processing fee of only NT$7.
other cities
Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Highways (DGH), the authority in charge of other vehicle offices in the country, said yesterday that it is considering allowing motorists in cities and counties other than Taipei and Keelung to pay vehicle registration fees at convenience stores in August.
Motor Vehicles Division director Hsieh Chieh-tien (
Hsieh emphasized that the directorate would still need to negotiate with convenience store operators about how to collect all the applications and submit them to local vehicle offices.
In addition, the directorate would have to figure out ways to inform convenience stores about records of unpaid fines or traffic violations.
Motorists have to pay vehicle registration renewal fees (NT$150 for motorcycles, and NT$200 for cars or motor vehicles), a processing fee (NT$15), and returned stamp postage (NT$25) when paying vehicle registration fees in convenience stores.
Additional reporting by Shelley Shan
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