{"id":8386,"date":"2016-10-07T15:19:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T07:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=8386"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:19:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T07:19:44","slug":"qualified-filipinos-can-travel-to-taiwan-visa-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/10\/07\/qualified-filipinos-can-travel-to-taiwan-visa-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualified Filipinos can travel to Taiwan visa-free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Filipinos looking to go to Taiwan who have either stayed in or have visited select countries are exempt from applying for a visa according to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8388\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/image-4.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>MORE FILIPINOS IN TAIWAN? That may be a possibility with the Taiwanese government easing up on visa requirements for Filipinos. Image grabbed from <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taipeitimes.com\/News\/taiwan\/photo\/2013\/08\/13\/2008090871\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Taipei Times<\/em><\/a><em>\/EPA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The announcement was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwanembassy.org\/ph_en\/post\/1746.html\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> on their official website last September 27, with the new rules taking effect last September 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to the post, a Philippine passport holder who wishes to visit Taiwan visa-free needs to apply for a Travel Authorization Certificate. To be eligible, the following conditions must be met:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Applicant\u2019s passport must be valid for at least 6 months from date of arrival in Taiwan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Have a roundtrip air or ferry ticket<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Has never been employed as a blue-collar worker in Taiwan<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Have at least one of the following documents issued by Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, any members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schengenvisainfo.com\/schengen-visa-countries-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">Schengen Area<\/a>, the United Kingdom, or the United States:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Valid resident or permanent resident card<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Valid entry visa (can be electronic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Resident card or visa that has expired less than 10 years prior to date of arrival in Taiwan<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Visa-free entry in Taiwan under these new rules will valid for 30 days. If you\u2019re planning on studying, working, or staying in Taiwan for more than 30 days, a visa will still be required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The new visa-free entry rules are also in effect for passport holders from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and India. Previously, only passport holders from Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand were allowed visa-free entry into Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Those interested in applying for a Travel Authorization Certificate can visit <a href=\"https:\/\/niaspeedy.immigration.gov.tw\/nia_southeast\/\" target=\"_blank\">niaspeedy.immigration.gov.tw\/nia_southeast<\/a> to process their application online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taiwanembassy.org\/ph_en\/post\/1746.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>TECO official website<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/news.abs-cbn.com\/overseas\/10\/04\/16\/taiwan-offers-visa-free-entry-for-qualified-ph-passport-holders\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ABS-CBN News<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/146253\/taiwan-offers-visa-free-entry-to-qualified-ph-passport-holders\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Inquirer.net<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filipinos looking to go to Taiwan who have either stayed in or have visited select countries are exempt from applying for a visa according to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[249,250,251],"class_list":["post-8386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-taipei-economic-and-cultural-office","tag-teco","tag-visa-free"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/10\/image-4-e1475824668762.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386","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=8386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14912,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8386\/revisions\/14912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}