VISA Requirement and Inbound Passenger Information
Last update：June, 2018
Australia
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Brunei Darussalam
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Canada
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
Chile
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
People's Republic of China
- Please apply the entering permit on the website below: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/np.asp?ctNode=32593&mp=1
Hong Kong, China
- Please apply the entering permit on the website below: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/np.asp?ctNode=32593&mp=1
Indonesia
- Please submit your application to the Taipei Economic and Trade Office, Jakarta, Indonesia：http://www.roc-taiwan.org/id/
Address：17th Floor, Gedung Artha Graha, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 52-53, Jakarta, 12190, Indonesia
TEL：(62) 21515-393 - If you hold permanent resident certificates issued by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Schengen Agreement signatories, the United Kingdom, or the United States, or hold a visa or a resident card from one of these economies that is valid or expired within 10 years of the date of expected arrival, are eligible to use the Online Application for Travel Authorization Certificate. Successful applicants will be issued multiple-entry visas valid for three months, allowing single stays of up to 30 days ( https://niaspeedy.immigration.gov.tw/nia_southeast/ ).
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Japan
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Republic of Korea
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Malaysia
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Mexico
- Please submit your application to the Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en México: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/mx/
Address：Bosque de La Reforma 758, Bosques de Las Lomas, Miguel Hidalgo, C.P. 11700, Ciudad de Mexico, D.F., Mexico
TEL：(52) 55-5245-8887, (002-52) 55-5245-8888 - Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
New Zealand
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Papua New Guinea
- Please submit your application to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Papua New Guinea: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/pg/
Address：Level 8, Deloitte Tower, Douglas Street, Port Moresby, NCD, Papua New Guinea
TEL：(675) 321-2909、321-2922 - Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Peru
- Please apply eVisa on the website below: https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw/BOCA_MRVWeb/subroot/MRVWeb0_disclaimer.jsp
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
The Philippines
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Russia
- Please submit your application to the Representative Office in Moscow for the Taipei-Moscow Economic and Cultural Coordination Commission: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/ru/
Address：24/2 Tverskaya St., Korpus 1, Gate 4, 4th Floor, Moscow, 125009, Russian Federation
TEL：(7) 495-956-3786~90
Singapore
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
Thailand
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
The United States
- Visa-exempt. Please ensure your passport has a remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry. Before arriving, please complete an online immigration arrival card on the website of the National Immigration Agency.
Viet Nam
- Please submit your application to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vietnam: http://www.roc-taiwan.org/vn/
Address：20A & 21 Floor, PVI Tower, No.1, Pham Van Bach Road, Yen Hoa Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam
TEL：(84) 24-3833-5501 - If you hold permanent resident certificates issued by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Schengen Agreement signatories, the United Kingdom, or the United States, or hold a visa or a resident card from one of these economies that is valid or expired within 10 years of the date of expected arrival, are eligible to use the Online Application for Travel Authorization Certificate. Successful applicants will be issued multiple-entry visas valid for three months, allowing single stays of up to 30 days ( https://niaspeedy.immigration.gov.tw/nia_southeast/ ).
- Bearers of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) are eligible to enter and stay for up to 3 months.
* Requirement of the visa application：
- A passport valid for at least six months;
- A duly completed application form with two photos taken within the past six months;
- An outbound airline ticket or verifiable proof of purchase of steamship ticket;
- Documents verifying the purpose of visit; and
- Other relevant documents.
For more information: https://www.boca.gov.tw/mp-2.html
For those who are not from the 21 APEC economies, please check the website below for more visa information. https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-156-247-7bf35-2.html
* Information for Inbound Passengers
- Passengers must declare the amount of foreign currencies in excess of USD10,000 (or its equivalent in other foreign currencies). Not more than NTD100,000 in notes can be brought in by each passenger.
- Articles listed below shall not be imported:
- Heroin, morphine, opium, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine, etc. prescribed in the “Act for the Control of Narcotics” and their derivatives and products.
- Arms (including shotguns, fishing guns, air guns, etc.), ammunition (including bombs, cartridges, and explosives), assault knives and other weapons of war prescribed in the “Act Governing the Control of Guns, Ammunition and Knives.”
- Any wild animals, and endangered wildlife species or products thereof are not allowed to be imported, unless a permit issued by the BAPHIQ is obtained in advance; if the species is included in the list of CITES, the CITES import permit shall be required for Customs verification.
- Articles infringing upon the rights of patents, trademark and copyrights.
- Fake or spurious currencies or securities, or moulds for printing counterfeit currency.
- All restricted substances and drugs of non-prescription or non-medicinal nature (including marijuana).
- Fruits, live animals, plants and their products. Please consult the BAPHIQ for the import and export of pets, plants and products thereof.
- Other articles prohibited by law from importation.
- Delegates are required to present completed customs forms to immigration authorities upon arrival. For more information on customs and quarantine procedures, please visit etaipei.customs.gov.tw (Taipei Customs Office) and www.baphiq.gov.tw/en/index.php (Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine, BAPHIQ).