{"id":22037,"date":"2017-10-17T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T00:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=22037"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:57:48","slug":"visa-free-entry-for-filipinos-to-taiwan-to-start-nov-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/10\/17\/visa-free-entry-for-filipinos-to-taiwan-to-start-nov-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa-free entry for Filipinos to Taiwan to start Nov 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gone are the days when you want to go to Taiwan but worried about acquiring a visa to enter and visit this beautiful land, as the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in the Philippines has announced the trial run for Filipinos to enter Taiwan without a visa.<\/p>\n<p>The trial period starts on <strong>November 1, 2017\u00a0<\/strong>for\u00a0Philippine nationals who intend to visit the ROC (Taiwan) for the purpose of tourism, business, visiting relatives, attending functions or events can enjoy visa-free entry for stays of up to <strong>14 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22038\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/the-urban-landscape-1698285_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/the-urban-landscape-1698285_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/the-urban-landscape-1698285_1920-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/the-urban-landscape-1698285_1920-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/the-urban-landscape-1698285_1920-1024x678.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The Urban landscape of Taiwan at night<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This visa-free initiative shall undergo a 9-month trial period until <strong>July 31, 2018\u00a0<\/strong>as part of Taiwan\u2019s goodwill and efforts of the \u201cNew Southbound Policy\u201d to build a closer people-to-people exchange of visits and an economic community between Taiwan and the Philippines. Filipino travelers can now explore the beauty of Taiwan while creating memories that can they treasure for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22039\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/dumplings-2392893_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/dumplings-2392893_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/dumplings-2392893_1280-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/dumplings-2392893_1280-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/dumplings-2392893_1280-1024x680.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Taste and dine at the best restaurant they offer (don&#8217;t miss out on their flavorful dumplings)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following terms must be met before a Filipino will be granted visa-free entry to Taiwan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An ordinary\/regular passport with remaining validity of at least<em> six months<\/em> from the date of entry (diplomatic &amp; official passport holders are not eligible for visa-free treatment).<\/li>\n<li>A return ticket or a ticket for the traveler&#8217;s next destination and a visa for that destination if it is required.<\/li>\n<li>No criminal record in Taiwan.<\/li>\n<li>A proof of accommodation (hotel) booking or host\/sponsor\u2019s contact information or arrangements of tour, travel, visit, events and meeting etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22041\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/taiwan-1877393_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/taiwan-1877393_1920.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/taiwan-1877393_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/taiwan-1877393_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/taiwan-1877393_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Taiwan\u00a0is highly diversified in terms of\u00a0religious\u00a0belief, with the practices of Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, etc<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>However, those who intend to stay in Taiwan for more than 14 days or for the purpose of study, work, missionary, employment and other gainful activities are still required to obtain appropriate visas before entering Taiwan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roc-taiwan.org\/ph_en\/post\/2941.html\">roc-taiwan.org<br \/>\n<\/a>Images Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/\"> pixabay.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone are the days when you want to go to Taiwan but worried about acquiring a visa to enter and visit this beautiful land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[338,88,251],"class_list":["post-22037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-taiwan","tag-travel","tag-visa-free"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/10\/pexels-photo-260566_featured-e1508212639280.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22037"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22049,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22037\/revisions\/22049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}