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Visitor visa — short-term Chinese-language study

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 visitor visa for studying Chinese is applied for in advance by submitting the documents and paying the visa fee at a Taiwan (ROC) overseas mission; overseas missions may decide not to accept such applications from passport holders of certain designated countries.

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  • The page gives no nationality matrix stating who may study Chinese short-term without this visa.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the maximum stay, validity and entry rules.

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  • Searched the BOCA Chinese-study visitor-visa page for maximum stay, validity or entry rules: none stated. The 15-hour class rule is purpose (R2); the 4-month ARC route is R5.

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

Required evidence includes a passport valid for at least six months with blank pages; a certificate of admission from a Chinese language centre affiliated with a university or institution accredited by the Ministry of Education; a plan for studying Chinese; and proof of stable financial resources such as bank account balance statements or foreign remittance receipts.

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

The visa is applied for in advance by submitting the documents and paying the visa fee at a Taiwan (ROC) overseas mission. Those who entered visa-exempt, with a landing visa, or with a visitor visa for another purpose, or who already reside in Taiwan for other purposes, may not convert to this purpose. After studying Chinese for four months in Taiwan, a person planning to extend enrolment for another three months or longer may apply to the National Immigration Agency for an alien resident certificate.

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Limits of the record
  • Where the visa is obtained (overseas mission) is cited under R1 and not repeated here.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-260-9690c-2.html
    Those who enter Taiwan (ROC) under a visa-exemption program, with a landing visa, or with a visitor visa for purposes other than studying Chinese, as well as those who already reside in Taiwan (ROC) for other purposes, may not convert their visas to ones for the purpose of studying Chinese in Taiwan (ROC).
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-260-9690c-2.html
    Applicants who have studied Chinese for four months in Taiwan (ROC) and plan to extend their enrollment for another three months or longer may apply for an alien resident certificate at the National Immigration Agency.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-260-9690c-2.html
    To apply for a visitor visa to study Chinese in Taiwan, please submit the above documents and pay the visa fee at an overseas mission of Taiwan (ROC).
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-260-9690c-2.html
    With regard to foreign passport holders from certain countries, Taiwan (ROC) overseas missions may decide not to accept applications for visitor visas for studying Chinese.

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

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