The Executive Yuan yesterday announced that registration for a one-time universal NT$10,000 cash handout to help people in Taiwan survive US tariffs and inflation would start on Nov. 5, with payouts available as early as Nov. 12.
Who is eligible for the handout?
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Registered Taiwanese nationals are eligible, including those born in Taiwan before April 30 next year with a birth certificate.
Non-registered nationals with residence permits, foreign permanent residents and foreign spouses of Taiwanese citizens with residence permits also qualify for the handouts.
For people who meet the eligibility requirements, but passed away between yesterday and April 30 next year, surviving family members may collect the payment on their behalf at a post office.
How to collect the handout?
From 8am on Nov. 5, online registration for the cash handout would be conducted on a dedicated Web site in stages based on the last digit of the applicant's national ID number or Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) number.
The payment would be deposited into the applicant's bank account once available.
Those whose numbers end in 0 or 1 can register on Nov. 5, followed by 2 or 3 on Nov. 6, 4 or 5 on Nov. 7, 6 or 7 on Nov. 8, and 8 or 9 on Nov. 9.
From Nov. 10 to April 30 next year, registration would be open on the Web site regardless of the ID card's last digit, with the option to modify and verify information available starting on Nov. 13.
Registrants must enter the recipient's National Health Insurance (NHI) card number, a national ID number or residence permit number, and a bank account number.
For children aged 12 and under, a parent or legal guardian may register on their behalf using their own ID number and bank account, together with the child's NHI card number.
People can also withdraw cash at ATMs identified with the "universal cash handout" sticker, using an ATM card, a national ID or ARC number, and an NHI card number.
In addition, people can pick up the payment at a post office for themselves or on others' behalf by showing an NHI card, a national ID or a residence certificate.
Those withdrawing for others at a post office would also have to show an NHI card, a national ID, a residence certificate or a household registration of those they are collecting for.
For those covered by government-run pension or social welfare allowance programs, the payment would be automatically deposited into their bank account.
Additionally, residents in three "remote areas" can register at local police stations from today to Tuesday next week, including Hualien County's Wanrong Township (萬榮), Taitung County's Jinfong Township (金峰) and Pingtung County's Shihzih Township (獅子).
When will the payouts be available?
Deposits for registered accounts and automatic deposits are to become available starting on Nov. 12.
ATM cash withdrawals would be available from Nov. 17.
Post office cash withdrawals would start on Nov. 24.
The deadline to receive the payment for those methods is April 30 next year, while parents of babies born in April next year have until May 22 to collect the cash at a post office, considering the time needed to prepare the a birth certificate.
Distributions in the specified remote areas would run from Nov. 12 to 25 at local police stations.
For more information, visit this government's cash handout Web site.
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