Mar 31 Speaker 0 Dir Gen Richard Lin

Mr. Richard Lin is the Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu. he Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) is the representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Hawaii. On January 1, 1979, the Government of the United  States established formal diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and severed the relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan. TECO in Honolulu is one of the 11 offices under the Washington D.C.-based Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), Taiwan’s de facto embassy in the United States in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.  The jurisdiction area of the office covers the state of Hawaii, American Samoa and Palmyra Atoll. The staff of this office includes the dispatched officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD), totally 10 people headed by the Director General. Consular Services: Including the issuing of passports, visas, documents authentication, and the provision of emergency assistance to the Taiwan citizen overseas. Trade & cultural services, Oversea Chinese Affairs Services

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YEAR & PLACE OF BIRTH: April 18, 1966, in Taichung, Taiwan
 
EDUCATION: 1993 Institute of American Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan, 1988 BA in Foreign Literature and Languages, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
 
WORK EXPERIENCES
October 2022  Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu
October 2020  Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
July 2018  Director, Political Division, Taipei Representative Office in Hungary
January 2015  Division Director, Visa Division, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2013  Deputy Director General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
July 2008  Director (First Secretary), Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle
2008  Foreign Service Officer of the Year
April 2004  Section Chief, Passport Section, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2003  Project Manager, Taiwan E-passport Project
July 2001 Second Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of China to the Solomon Islands
July 1997  Third Secretary, Taipei Economic, and Cultural Representative Office in Singapore
December 1993  Desk Officer, Office of Personnel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs