What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?
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Visitor visa — volunteering under six months
TaiwanCulture, faith and volunteering
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What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?
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What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?
Proof of the volunteer activity is an approval letter from the central competent authority, e.g., an approval letter issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare or the Ministry of Education; other documents may be requested.
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- https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-7533-b6d0a-2.html
Approval letter from the central competent authority E.g., an approval letter issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare or the Ministry of Education. Other documents as requested
Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?
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How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?
Under the general visitor-visa rules, visitor visas are for stays of no more than six months, with a duration of stay of fourteen, thirty, sixty or ninety days. Holders permitted to stay sixty or ninety days whose visa bears no "no extension" remark may apply at National Immigration Agency service centres for a maximum of 120 or 90 days of extensions. The official source does not state whether the host or activity can be changed or whether family may accompany.
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Limits of the record
- Taken from the general visitor-visa page; the volunteering page states no specific duration
- Change of host/activity and accompanying family are not addressed
- https://www.boca.gov.tw/np-157-2.html
Foreign nationals, who hold ordinary passports or other legal travel documents and who intend to stay in Taiwan (ROC) for no more than six months for the purposes of transit; tour; visit relatives; undertake visits; undertake inspection tours; attend international conferences; conduct business; pursue short-term study; undertake short-term employment; undertake short-term missionary work; and engage in other activities in Taiwan (ROC) as approved by MOFA.
- https://www.boca.gov.tw/np-157-2.html
Duration of stay Fourteen days Thirty days Sixty days Ninety days
- https://www.boca.gov.tw/np-157-2.html
Visitor Visa holders who are permitted to stay in Taiwan (ROC) for sixty or ninety days and whose visas bear no such remark as "no extension" may apply at local service centers of the National Immigration Agency for a maximum of 120 or 90 days of extensions.
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