- If you intend to visit Taiwan (ROC) for a period of time less than 180 days, you may apply for a visitor visa. If your stay will be more than 180 days, you should apply for a resident visa.
- For PRC passport holders and/or naturalized Chinese-Americans who have been residing in the US for less than four years, please contact Mr. HO at teco.ny.immi@gmail.com or call +1-212-317-7382 for information on Entry Permit application. Please consult the website for details: https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7244/7250/7257/%E5%81%9C%E7%95%99/
- Instead of a visa, citizens of India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao intending to stay in Taiwan for less than 14 days might be eligible to apply for Travel Authorization Certificate online. Please click here.
- Visa Application Requirements: (Please send/deliver all the following items to TECO NY)
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- A Printout of visa application with signature (to apply online: https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw/BOCA_EVISA/);
- The ORIGINAL passport with validity for more than six (6) months and a photo copy of the passport bio information page;
- Two photos (in color, passport-sized 45 mm in height and 35 mm in width) taken during the last six months;
- For non-US-citizens, a photo copy of US Permanent Resident Card or US visa;
- Supporting documents applicable depending on purpose of visit and categories of visa; please check the following link
- VISITOR VISA (intending to stay less than 180 days): https://www.boca.gov.tw/lp-158-2.html
- RESIDENT VISA (intending to stay more than 180 days): https://www.boca.gov.tw/lp-166-2.html
- Note: To apply for a resident visa, both English and Chinese translation versions of certain supporting documents should be authenticated at USD 15 per item. Information on Document Authentication: https://www.roc-taiwan.org/usnyc_en/cat/11.html
- Visa application fee (Cash, money order and/or cashier check only; No credit card or personal check); Visa Application Fees table
- A postage pre-paid self-addressed envelope, if not to be picked up.
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- Visa application can be lodged by mail (attention: TECO NY, Consular Division; address: 1 E 42nd Street, NY 10017), drop-off at the ground floor lobby mailbox during office hours (9am-5pm, Monday through Friday), by appointment or walk-in-take-a-number (9am-1pm, Monday through Thursday).
- Visa application will not be processed unless all the requirements are met. You’ll be contacted by email if additional information or extra supporting document is needed.
- Slots for walk-in pickup are from 3 pm to 4 pm on cited day and following Tuesday and Friday, or by appointment or walk-in-take-a-number during our office hours. Please present the receipt and ID (of yourself or an agent on your behalf) for pick-up.
- A visitor visa without bearing the remark “NO EXTENSION”, enables you, with a valid reason, to apply for extension of stay for up to 180 days at a local immigration service center in Taiwan before expiration of the original duration of stay.
- If you have further questions, please email us at consular.ny@mofa.gov.tw.
- It is advisable that you fill out the arrival card online (click here) before going through an immigration checkpoint at Taiwan's airport.
