whereTOemigrate
Get your free results
TW country scene

Visitor visa — tourism

TaiwanShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

Official link

Explore pathways in Taiwan Read the five questions ↓

For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Some nationals need no advance visa: e.g. nationals of Belize, Malaysia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Singapore may enter visa-free for up to 30 days, Canadian and UK passport holders for 90 days (extendable up to 180 days; UK only with British Citizen status), and USA and Japan nationals with a passport valid for the intended stay. Visa-free entry may be used for tourism.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The full 90-day visa-exempt country list is a single sentence longer than the citation limit and is not reproduced; the source does not state in one place which nationalities must obtain this tourism visitor visa in advance.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    Nationals of the following countries are eligible for the visa-exemption program, with a duration of stay of up to 30 days: Belize*, Malaysia, Saint Kitts and Nevis*, Saint Lucia*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Singapore.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    Canadian and UK passport holders are eligible for the visa-exemption program with a duration of stay of 90 days which is extendable up to 180 days, please refer to the Notice for British & Canadian Passport Holders Who Enter Taiwan (ROC) Visa-Free and Apply for an Extension of Stay .
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    Only the United Kingdom passport holders with British Citizen status are eligible for visa-exempt entry.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-149-4486-7785a-2.html
    USA nationals who possess a passport, including an emergency passports, valid for the intended period of stay are eligible for visa-exempt entry. Japan nationals who possess a passport valid for the intended period of stay are eligible for visa-exempt entry.
  • 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.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The BOCA tourism visitor-visa page only names the purpose (tourism) in its title; no list of permitted activities beyond the via name. A document list is R4 material.

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.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Searched the BOCA tourism visitor-visa page for maximum stay, validity, entries or rolling rules: none stated. Visa-exempt durations on the separate page apply to visa-free entry, not to this visa.

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

The evidence required is a passport valid for 6 months with blank pages; proof of stable financial resources (bank statement); a travel itinerary; and a return ticket (ticket, electronic ticket or proof of a travel agency).

See recorded sources

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

Applicants lodge the application with the necessary documents and statutory fee at Taiwan (ROC) overseas missions; an interview may be required when necessary. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether or how a tourism stay can be extended or changed.

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

Explore more pathways in Taiwan · All pathways

Your story.
Your next step.

Explore pathways in Taiwan →