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Visitor visa — short-term employment

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 is used for short-term employment: Taiwan issues a Visitor Visa for Employment Purpose, which requires an Approval Letter issued by the Ministry of Labor (the employer must apply for the work permit). Visa-exempt entrants who then intend to engage in activities that require a permit must still obtain such a permit; white-collar professionals who obtained a work permit granted for a period under 6 months within their permitted visa-exempt stay may apply for a work visa.

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  • No nationality matrix states which travellers must obtain the visa before arrival for short-term employment
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-255-0b6b7-2.html
    Visitor Visa for Employment Purpose Requirements
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-255-0b6b7-2.html
    Approval Letter issued by Ministry of Labor, Taiwan (ROC) Employers must apply for the work permit from Ministry of Labor, Taiwan (ROC)
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    Those who have entered Taiwan (ROC) visa-free for purposes that do not require a permit—such as engaging in tourism, visiting friends or relatives, attending social events, conducting business, attending exhibitions, and engaging in fact-finding missions or 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.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    White-collar professionals who have obtained (i) a work permit granted for a period under 6 months within their permitted duration of stay

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

This route covers short-term employment by foreign nationals who intend to stay in Taiwan (ROC) for no more than six months; the visitor visa also lists transit, tourism, visiting relatives, business, conferences, short-term study and short-term missionary work as separate purposes.

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  • 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.

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

The visitor-visa duration of stay is fourteen, thirty, sixty or ninety days. For most nationals a visitor visa is generally valid from three months up to one year (validity for reciprocal-agreement countries follows those agreements). The official source does not state the number of entries.

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Limits of the record
  • Number of entries for the employment visitor visa is not stated
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/np-157-2.html
    For foreign nationals from the countries with which Taiwan (ROC) has entered into reciprocal visa agreements, the validity of their Visitor Visas shall be decided in accordance with these agreements. For other foreign nationals, a Visitor Visa is generally valid from three months up to one year.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/np-157-2.html
    Duration of stay Fourteen days Thirty days Sixty days Ninety days

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

Passport (original and photocopy) valid for 6 months with blank pages; ticket, electronic ticket or proof of a travel agency; completed and signed application form and two passport-size (45 mm x 35 mm) colour photos taken within 6 months; other documents may be required.

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

Fill out the application form online at visawebapp.boca.gov.tw, print it, and lodge it with the documents and statutory fee at a Taiwan (ROC) overseas mission; an interview may be required. Visitor visa holders permitted to stay sixty or ninety days whose visas bear no "no extension" remark may apply at local National Immigration Agency service centres for a maximum of 120 or 90 days of extensions.

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  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-255-0b6b7-2.html
    Please access the website: https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw/ to fill out application form online and print it out.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-255-0b6b7-2.html
    Applicants can lodge their applications with the necessary documents and statutory fee at our overseas missions. Interview may be required when necessary.
  • 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.

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

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