TAIPEI (Taiwan Information) —Taiwan on Monday (Sept. 12) restored visa-free therapy for guests from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and diplomatic allies, partially ending a journey ban that had been in place because the early phases of the pandemic on March 19, 2020.
On Sept. 5, the Central Epidemic Command Middle (CECC) introduced that visa-free entry to Taiwan for guests from the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and international locations which have diplomatic relations shall be resumed on Sept. 12. Nevertheless, quarantine rules and on-arrival testing will keep in place and the quota on arrivals shall be restricted to 50,000 inbound passengers per week.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA) Director-Normal Phoebe Yeh (葉非比) mentioned that visa-free guests from the international locations and areas talked about can interact in enterprise, exhibitions, fact-finding missions, worldwide exchanges, sightseeing, household visits, and social visits with out the necessity to apply for a allow. In the event that they want to interact in different actions, it’s needed to acquire prior permission from a central governmental company that oversees such actions.
If guests want to keep in Taiwan for a size of time longer than the usual visa-free interval or interact in actions reminiscent of proselytizing or delivering Dharma sermons that require a qualification evaluate, they need to apply for a particular entry allow from the Ministry of International Affairs prematurely.
BOCA on Sept. 6 issued the full checklist of nations eligible for the visa exemption program with a period of keep of as much as 90 days:
Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Eswatini*, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras*, Hungary, Iceland, Eire, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Island*, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia*(efficient until March 31, 2025), Norway, Palau, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuvalu*, the UK, the US of America*, and Vatican Metropolis State.
Nationals from these 4 diplomatic allies of Taiwan are eligible for the visa exemption program with a period of keep of as much as 90 days:
Belize*, Nauru, St. Kitts and Nevis*, Saint Lucia*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Excluded international locations
Nevertheless, the next international locations have been “briefly suspended” from the visa exemption program, which means that residents of those international locations can not but obtain visa-free entry to Taiwan:
Chile, Dominican Republic, Israel, Japan*, Republic of Korea, Nicaragua, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand*, Brunei*, Philippines*, Russia*
*Please go to BOCA’s Visa-Exempt Entry webpage for extra data on eligibility.