Travelling to Taipei

Tourists planning to visit Taipei need to get a visa issued by the Taipei Representative Office.  Foreign nationals are issued four kind of visa in Taipei namely, Diplomatic, Courtesy, Visitor and Resident.

Those who wish to stay in the country for a short duration can apply for a visitor's visa. People who intend to stay for a longer duration must apply for a resident visa. For getting the visa issued, the applicant must have all the required documents with him.

The visa for single-entry is valid for three month, whereas for the multiple-entry visa, the validity is six months. For travellers of connecting flights that leave on the same day, visa is not required. One just needs to show confirmed onward tickets and other travel documents for getting the visa.

For the getting the visa, one must have a passport that is valid for more then six months. Apart from that, one also needs to submit a complete visa form, 2 photographs of 35x45 mm with white background, cover letter stating the purpose of visit and confirmed return ticket.

The applicant also needs to disclose hotel confirmation, copy of foreign exchange or international credit card, bank statements of last six months and income tax returns of last three years. If the applicant is employed, a no objection letter from the employer is also required.   

The charges for getting the single entry visa is 2,500 INR. For the multiple entry visa the fee is 5,000 INR. The fee needs to be deposited in the form of a DD in favour of Taipei Economic & Cultural Centre.

Normally visa takes 3 to 7 working days for processing. If the person needs a visa on an urgent basis, one must deposit 3,750 INR for single entry and 7,500 INR for multiple entry.

For further information, please contact:

Taipei Economic and Cultural Centre
84 Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar
New Delhi 110 057, India
Tele: +91-11-4607-7777
Fax: +91-11-2614-8480
Email: ind@mofa.gov.tw
Website: www.taiwanembassy.org