Philippine
passport holders can go to Taiwan visa free by using another visa. This does
not make a lot of sense because it is not really “visa free”. You need to have
a valid visa or permanent residence
permit from any of the following countries: US, Canada, Japan, UK, EU Schengen,
Australia, and New Zealand. What do we mean by “valid”? UNUSED.
Question:
I have a Japanese Visa issued three years ago. It is unused. Can I use it to
enter Taiwan? NO. It would no longer
be valid since most tourist visas to Japan expire after three months of issue.
Now if that is a multiple entry visa valid for five years or more then that
would be fine. I guess your best bet would be a US visa because what the US
embassy usually issues are valid for ten years. If you have single entry visas
to any of the mentioned territories in the first paragraph and you HAVE NOT USED THEM YET and they are NOT YET EXPIRED, congratulations. You
can use that to enter Taiwan.
If
you satisfy the visa requirement but you have worked as a blue collar worker in
Taiwan, then you are not qualified for this special arrangement. What’s next
then? You go to this website: https://nas.immigration.gov.tw/nase
and fill out the necessary fields. This does not take more than ten minutes.
The approval is immediate. They would issue a permit shown above. You can print
it right away. Actually, I suggest printing it right away. The page expires. I
am just lucky I was able to save it on my desktop. I had no access to a printer
when I did that. Bring that paper and show it to the immigration officer
together with your passport containing the valid visa you registered on the
website.
As
for me I used my single entry visa for Japan, which I won’t use until September
this year. Applying for a single entry visa at the Taiwan embassy will cost you
2,400 pesos. My Japanese visa only cost 1,200 pesos, and I get to use it for these
two countries. I didn’t even have to go to the Japanese embassy. This is what I
suggest you also do, if you are also going to Japan after all.
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