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Resident visa — study of religious doctrine over six months

TaiwanCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

This route is for a person coming to Taiwan to study religious doctrine under the resident-visa category.

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Limits of the record
  • The source does not establish a broader cultural or volunteer activity.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The inviting religious organisation or its affiliated religious-doctrine study institute must apply, under the "Essential Notices Regarding Religious Group Applying Visa for Foreign National to Study Religious Doctrine in Taiwan", to the competent authority where it is registered (the Ministry of the Interior, a special municipality or a city/county government) for a certificate of approval.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-166-287-1eaf7-2.html
    The religious organization or its affiliated religious doctrine study institute which invites the applicant should, following the instruction of the “Essential Notices Regarding Religious Group Applying Visa for Foreign National to Study Religious Doctrine in Taiwan,” apply to the competent authority that handles the registration of the inviting organization or institute for the certificate of approval.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-166-287-1eaf7-2.html
    Depending on where the registration is made, the competent authority can be the Ministry of the Interior, SpecialMunicipalities or city/county governments.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The activity is proved by one photocopy of the certificate of approval issued by the competent authorities.

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Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether pay, pocket money, accommodation or other work is allowed.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched the BOCA resident-visa page for salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals, reimbursement or permission for other work: none stated. The bar on changing into this basis from visa-free/landing/other visitor entry is a change-of-status rule (R5), not money/work.

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The holder must obtain an Alien Resident Certificate within 30 days after arrival and a re-entry permit within 15 days of resident-visa issuance. The official source does not state a standard visa duration, whether the host can be changed, a family rule or an extension route.

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Limits of the record
  • Duration, family accompaniment, and extension are not established by this page.
  • Official BOCA resident-visa page
    The former must apply within 30 days from the next day of arrival, and the latter must apply within 15 days from the Resident Visa issuance date

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

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