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Landing visa for qualifying temporary or emergency passports

TaiwanShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

A landing visa (visa on arrival) is available to holders of emergency or temporary passports with more than six months' remaining validity who are nationals of countries eligible for visa-exempt entry, except the United States of America.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    Holders of emergency or temporary passports with remaining validity of more than six months for nationals of those countries (except for the United States of America) eligible for visa-exempt entry.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The landing visa covers purposes that do not require a permit, such as tourism, visiting friends or relatives, social visits, conducting business, attending exhibitions, fact-finding missions and international exchanges; activities requiring a permit still need that permit, and purposes requiring qualifications (e.g. religious work) need a visa from an overseas mission before entry.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    Nationals who have entered Taiwan (ROC) on Landing Visas for purposes that do not require a permit – such as tourism, visiting friends or relatives, social visits, conducting business, attending exhibitions, fact-finding missions, and international exchanges – who then intend to engage in activities that, according to the laws and regulations of relevant agencies, do require a permit must still obtain such a permit. Nationals who intend to enter Taiwan (ROC) for the purposes that require qualifications – such as religious work – must obtain a visa from a Taiwan (ROC) overseas missions before entering Taiwan (ROC).

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

30-day stay starting from the day after arrival, not extendable; normally cannot be converted to a visitor or resident visa. Ports of entry: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport, Taichung International Airport, Kaohsiung International Airport.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    The 30-day duration of stay starts from the next day of arrival and is not extendable. The above-said landing visa cannot be converted to visitor or resident visa under normal circumstances. Ports of entry Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport, Taichung International Airport, Kaohsiung International Airport.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Passport valid at least six months with blank pages; confirmed return ticket, or onward ticket and visa for the next destination, with confirmed seat reservation; application form with two photos; visa fee NT$1,600 plus handling fee NT$800; no criminal record. An online immigration arrival card must be completed within seven days before arrival.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    Passports must be valid for at least six months and have blank pages. Confirmed return air/sea ticket or air/sea ticket and visa for the next destination, and confirmed seat reservation for departure. Completed application form with two photos. Visa fee of NT$1,600 (citizens of countries with reciprocal agreements shall be issued visas free of charge) plus a handling fee of NT$800. No criminal record or not prohibited by the local authorities.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    Within seven days prior to arriving in Taiwan (ROC), please complete an online immigration arrival card

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

At Taoyuan Airport, apply at the Bureau of Consular Affairs Taoyuan Airport Office; at Songshan, Taichung or Kaohsiung airports, obtain a temporary entry permit from the NIA Border Affairs Corps and then apply for the visa as soon as possible at the Bureau of Consular Affairs or a Ministry of Foreign Affairs branch office. The stay is not extendable and normally cannot be converted to a visitor or resident visa.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    Passengers entering Taiwan (ROC) through the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport may apply for a landing visa at the Taoyuan Airport Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, located within the airport. Passengers who enter Taiwan (ROC) through the Taipei Songshan Airport, the Taichung International Airport and the Kaohsiung International Airport shall apply for "temporary entry permit" at Border Affairs Corps of National Immigration Agency. The holder of this permit should apply for a visa as soon as possible at the Bureau of Consular Affairs or at any of the branch offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taichung, Chiayi, Kaohsiung, or Hualian.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-271-2fdc9-2.html
    The 30-day duration of stay starts from the next day of arrival and is not extendable. The above-said landing visa cannot be converted to visitor or resident visa under normal circumstances.

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