At first it was handled by the Department of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A few junior foreign service officers would take their pens to a stack of passports, filling in such basic information as the applicants 'names and dates of birth.
最早，外交部發護照是由禮賓司兼任，幾名剛進外交部的明日外交官就一筆一劃地用毛筆填寫申請人的姓名、出生年月日等基本資料。