After passing a pilot examination and possessing its certificate, the pilot shall apply to the MOTC for a Pilot License.
After being issued a pilot license, the pilot shall apply to the local shipping administration authority in the designated pilotage district for registration, whereby he will be issued a Certificate of Registry, against which the pilot shall be allowed to perform the pilotage service.
The pilot office shall, according to the number of pilot designated by the shipping administration authority, fill in the vacancies in sequence with the pilots who hold the Certificates of Registry mentioned in the previous paragraph to perform pilotage service.　

Pilots are classified into two categories as follows:
1. "Class A Pilot" means the pilot who may pilot in a port and its coast for the vessels of the tonnage prescribed in Article 14 of the present Regulations.
2. "Class B Pilot" means the pilot who may pilot in inland rivers and lakes for the vessels of the tonnage prescribed in Article 15 of the present Regulations.

An application to the MOTC for Pilot License should provided with following documents（as appendix 1）：
1、 Application.
2、 Certificate for pilot issued by Examination Yuan.
3、 Certificate of physical issued by public hospital or teaching hospital for past three months.
4、 Two pieces of photo without hat for past three months.
5、 Application fees NT$ 2,000.
An application to the MOTC for renew Pilot License should provided with following documents（as appendix 2）：
1、 Application.
2、 Certificate of pilot examination issued by Examination Yuan.
3、 Certificate of physical issued by public hospital or teaching hospital for past three months.
4、 Two pieces of photo without hat for past three months.
5、 Application fees NT$ 2,000.
6、 Certificate for pilot at least one year for past five years.
7、 Expired Pilot License of original.
An application to the MOTC for reissue Pilot License should provided with following documents（as appendix 2）：
1、 Application.
2、 Two pieces of photo without hat for past three months.
3、 Application fees NT$ 2,000.

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Any person who acquires a Class A Pilot License pursuant to Article 12-1 hereinbefore is limited to pilot in the port and its coast for the vessels under 15,000 gross tonnage, except approved by the local shipping administration authority.
The pilot in the previous paragraph, who has had two-year experience and has not been punished the suspension of piloting and above pursuant to Pilotage Act, may pilot the vessel of 15,000 gross tonnage and over.　
If the pilot mentioned in the first paragraph has been punished the suspension of piloting vessel and above, the years of suspension shall be deducted from his/her term of service.

Any person who acquires a Class B Pilot License pursuant to Article 12-1 hereinbefore is limited to pilot in inland rivers and lakes for the vessels under 3,000 gross tonnage, except approved by the shipping administration authority.
The pilot in the previous paragraph, who has had two-year experience and has not been punished the suspension of piloting and above pursuant to Pilotage Act, may pilot the vessel of 30,000 gross tonnage and over.　
If the pilot mentioned in the first paragraph has been punished the suspension of piloting vessel and above, the years of suspension shall be deducted from his/her term of service.

The validity of Pilot License shall not exceed five (5) years. An application for renewing the license shall be made upon expiration of such license, with the existing license to be surrendered for revocation.　

An application for registration as a pilot shall be made to the local shipping administration authority for issuance of the Certificate of Registry by enclosing the following documents and certificates:
1.　Application form.
2.　Resume.　
3.　Certificate of physical check-up.　
4.　Pilot License.　
5.　Letter of Guarantee for Service.
6.　Five photographs.
The validity of the Certificate of Registry in the previous paragraph will be the same as for the pilot license. The form of such certificate shall be prescribed by the local shipping administration authority and submitted for filing with the MOTC.

In case that a pilot is hired as a long-term pilot by a vessel navigating in a compulsory pilotage district, approved by the local shipping administration authority, the Certificate of Registry shall mark the name of the company which vessel is piloted, as well as the navigation area or sailing routes.

The local shipping administration authority shall issue the Certificate of Registry according to the sequence of the successful candidate pilots listed in the publicly posted roll of the pilot screening examination.
The pilots who have made the registration but not issued the Certificates of Registry due to the determined numbers being fully filled will be issued such certificates in sequence of registration when vacancies are available.　

The pilot who takes physical check-ups pursuant to Article 23 of Pilotage Act within the service period shall report to the local shipping administration authority to put the remark in this regard in his/her Certificate of Registry for following up.

When items in Certificate of Registry are changed, the pilot shall apply to the MOTC and the local shipping administration authority for replacing the Pilot License and Certificate of Registry by enclosing relevant documents within twenty days after such a change.

An application shall be made for replacement or reissue of a Pilot License or Certificate of Registry which is lost, damaged or defaced so that it becomes unidentifiable.

Any pilot shall pay a fee required for a newly issued, replaced or reissued Pilot License or Certificate of Registry.
The fee for a Pilot License is the same as that for a Certificate of Registry.　

If a pilot is penalized the deletion of Pilot License or Certificate of Registry due to some reasons, or is punished the suspension of service, he/she shall, without any excuse to refuse, surrender such license and certificate to the MOTC and the local shipping administration authority respectively.　

Upon retirement of a pilot, the pilot office shall be responsible for surrendering his/her Pilot License and Certificate of Registry to the authority which issues such license and certificate respectively for deletion.