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Entrepreneur visa and residence

TaiwanStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the business profile this route is for.

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  • Searched the BOCA entrepreneur resident-visa page for the business profile that qualifies (founder, startup, self-employed); the page only covers documents, online submission and MOEA eligibility review, without defining the profile.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what business substance must exist or be demonstrated.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the BOCA entrepreneur page for business plan, company, innovation or other substance requirements; none is stated (eligibility review by the MOEA Investment Commission is mentioned, which belongs to R5).

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence central to this pathway.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not provide a monetary viability threshold.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm what business activity the holder may conduct, its restrictions or the family position.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not establish all activity or family rules.
  • Official BOCA Entrepreneur resident-visa page
    Those who enter the R.O.C. (Taiwan) on a Resident Visa or get a Resident Visa after having arrived in the R.O.C. (Taiwan) must apply for an Alien Resident Certificate and Re-entry Permit

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

The online application is reviewed by the Investment Commission of MOEA; the applicant must apply for the visa within six months after notification. Inside Taiwan, resident-visa processing takes 8 work days, and the Alien Resident Certificate must be requested within 30 days after arrival. The page does not state renewal or permanent-residence progression.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured page does not state renewal or long-term settlement rules.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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