Taiwan visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for TaiwanMost travellers need a visa for Taiwan: 107 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 65 passports enter visa-free.
Taiwan's Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA) lists the nationalities eligible for visa-exempt entry — up to 90 days for countries including Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, up to 30 days for Malaysia, Singapore and some others, and 14 days for Brunei, Oman, the Philippines and Thailand. It lists other nationalities as eligible for an eVisa when they meet the relevant criteria, and says foreign nationals not eligible for an eVisa apply at a Taiwan overseas mission. Nationals of India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam can apply online for a Travel Authorization Certificate if they meet its requirements.
Do I need a visa for Taiwan? Quick answers
United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Visa-free
90 days
India
eTA
14 days
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Visa-free
90 days
Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.
Visa for Taiwan — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Taiwan, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Armenia |
eVisa | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Austria |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahrain |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa-free | 14 days | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Czechia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Denmark |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 France |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Germany |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Iceland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| India |
eTA | 14 days | Details → |
 Indonesia |
eTA | 14 days | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kuwait |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
eTA | 14 days | Details → |
 Latvia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Macau |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
eTA | 14 days | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Norway |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa-free | 14 days | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Peru |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa-free | 14 days | Details → |
| Poland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Qatar |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Russia |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 30 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa-free | 14 days | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
eVisa | 30 days | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United States |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vietnam |
eTA | 14 days | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
No passport matches your search.
Taiwan visa types, fees and processing timesFee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →BOCA says the eVisa application fee is NT$1,600, plus an NT$46 processing fee for the online credit card payment (NT$1,646 in total). A BOCA notice gives the eVisa processing time as about three working days.
Official application site →Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Fee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Entry requirements for TaiwanBOCA says visa-exempt entry requires a passport with remaining validity of at least six months as of the date of entry, and that US and Japanese nationals need a passport valid for the intended period of stay.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (Taiwan) — Visa-Exempt Entry✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
BOCA says applicants for Taiwan (ROC) visas who have resided in or visited Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Cameroon, Chad, Laos or South Sudan for four weeks or more within the past year must provide proof of having received the oral or inactivated polio vaccine within the past year.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (Taiwan) — online visa application: notice for visa applicants with recent travel history✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a travel insurance requirement for Taiwan. The UK government advises appropriate travel insurance for local treatment or unexpected medical evacuation.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Taiwan travel advice (health)✓ Checked 4 Oct 2026
BOCA says visa-exempt entry requires a confirmed return air or sea ticket, or a ticket and a visa for the next destination, and a confirmed seat reservation for the departure flight.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (Taiwan) — Visa-Exempt Entry✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement for all visitors, or an amount. BOCA says holders of Brunei, Philippines and Thailand passports entering visa-free must have proof of a hotel booking, their host or sponsor's contact information and sufficient travel funds.
Bureau of Consular Affairs (Taiwan) — Visa-Exempt Entry✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The National Immigration Agency's TWAC site says the arrival card is to be submitted by foreign nationals without an Alien Resident Certificate, resident visa or diplomatic ID card, by people of the Mainland Area and of Hong Kong and Macau holding multiple entry and exit permits, and by nationals without household registration; submission is free, within 7 days before arrival.
National Immigration Agency (Taiwan) — Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC) FAQ✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
A national without household registration in the Taiwan Area, or a foreigner, who overstays a visit or residence is fined NT$10,000 to 50,000. The National Immigration Agency may prohibit the entry of a foreigner who has overstayed, for at least 1 year and no more than 7 years from the day after the foreigner left.
Laws & Regulations Database of the ROC (Ministry of Justice) — Immigration Act✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
The UK government says to declare cash or travellers cheques if the value is higher than NT$100,000 or US$10,000.
UK FCDO — Taiwan travel advice (entry requirements)✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Taiwan visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Taiwan for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 107 passports (54%). 33% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is eTA (5 passports).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Taiwan or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Taiwan visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Taiwan?
Taiwan passport holders can visit 75 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
90d
Antigua and Barbuda
30d
Austria
90d
Belgium
90d
Belize
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Bulgaria
90d
Chile
90d
China
∞
Costa Rica
30d
Croatia
90d
Cyprus
90d
Czechia
90d
Denmark
90d
Dominica
180d
Dominican Republic
∞
Estonia
90d
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
90d
France
90d
Gambia
90d
Germany
90d
Greece
90d
Guatemala
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
30d
Hungary
90d
Iceland
90d
Ireland
90d
Israel
90d
Italy
90d
Japan
90d
Kosovo
90d
Latvia
90d
Liechtenstein
90d
Lithuania
90d
Luxembourg
90d
Macau
∞
Malaysia
30d
Malta
90d
Marshall Islands
90d
Micronesia
30d
Monaco
90d
Montenegro
90d
Netherlands
90d
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
90d
Palau
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
180d
Poland
90d
Portugal
90d
Romania
90d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
42d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
San Marino
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Slovakia
90d
Slovenia
90d
South Korea
90d
Spain
90d
Sweden
90d
Switzerland
90d
Thailand
60d
Tuvalu
90d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
90d
