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Visitor visa — visiting relatives

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?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a visa, electronic authorisation or visa on arrival is normally required.

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  • Searched the BOCA visiting-relatives page for who needs a visa, visa exemption, eVisa or landing visa; the page only lists visa application requirements and refers designated-country nationals to a separate procedure, without a nationality matrix.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The visitor visa covers visits to relatives. For family visits by lineal ascendants of foreign specialist professionals and foreign senior professionals approved for residence or permanent residence by the National Immigration Agency, the page refers to the BOCA Visa FAQs and a National Development Council website.

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  • The page does not list other permitted activities or state whether any activity beyond the family visit is allowed.
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-251-e78ef-2.html
    Visitor Visa for Visiting Relatives
  • https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-158-251-e78ef-2.html
    For more information on family visits by lineal ascendants of foreign specialist professionals and foreign senior professionals, as defined in the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, who have been approved for residence or permanent residence by the National Immigration Agency under the Ministry of the Interior, please refer to the Visa FAQs section of the Bureau of Consular Affairs website, as well as the following related National Development Council website: https://foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw/en/Content_List.aspx?n=A3F4CFF03E67E8D0.

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 visiting-relatives page for maximum stay, validity, number of entries or rolling-period rules; none is stated. The relationship-document material formerly here belongs to R4 and is used there.

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

Required evidence includes a passport valid for 6 months with blank pages; proof of the relative's residence in Taiwan (a Household Registration Transcript issued within 3 months, an Alien Residence Certificate or a Permanent Residence Certificate); proof of the relationship (Birth Certificate, Household Registration or other relevant identification documents); and a ticket, electronic ticket, travel-agency proof, proof of current profession or other documents required for individual cases.

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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 required documents and statutory fee at an overseas mission; an interview may be required. The official source does not state when a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • The captured page does not establish every condition asked by this editorial block.

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

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