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Taiwan travel, immigration and PR

Taiwan uses visitor visas or visa-free entry for trips, and work permits, the Employment Gold Card and an ARC to stay. Mainland Chinese residents use a different document set.

ReisenEinwanderung

Openness rank

#145

Entry openness

74

Visumfrei

67

Briefing updated

2026-09

Länderprofil

Hauptstadt

Taipei

Bevölkerung

23.3 million

Fläche

35,980 km²

Währung

New Taiwan dollar TWD

Sprache

Chinese

Zeitzone

UTC+08:00

Ethnische Gruppen · 2021

  • Han Chinese95%
  • Indigenous peoples2.3%
  • Other2.7%

Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.

Visa und EinwanderungswegeVisa-freie ListeUnterlagen und PassfotosVisa siteImmigration site

Für wen dieser Ratgeber ist

For tourism, semiconductor and tech jobs, Gold Card talent, and ARC holders looking at family or settlement.

Einreise und Aufenthalt

Many passports are visa-free for 14–90 days. Mainland Chinese residents generally need an Exit & Entry Permit, not visa-free entry. Visitors cannot work; overstays can mean a ban.

Arbeiten und Wohnen

Ordinary work needs a labour permit then an ARC. The Employment Gold Card combines work and residence for high earners or listed professions. Study and family have their own ARC grounds.

Niederlassung und Staatsangehörigkeit

Settlement or permanent residence usually needs continuous residence plus day-count rules. Gold Card holders have a distinct PR path. Mainland Chinese residents fall under Cross-Strait rules, not the foreign-national track. Confirm with the National Immigration Agency.

Time to PR：Usually 5 years

Einreise beliebter Pässe

FAQ

Is the Gold Card a work visa or PR?

The Gold Card is time-limited work-plus-residence and eases employer changes. PR or settlement is a later application on residence and travel history.

Can Mainland residents use the foreign visa-free list?

No. Mainland residents generally apply for an Exit & Entry Permit, separate from the foreign visa-free list.

Does a Chinese passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visum erforderlich”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.

Does a US passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visumfrei”. typical stay on the matrix is 90 days. The port and mission are authoritative.

Verwandte Ratgeber

Handbooks summarise public sources so you can cross-check the visa matrix and policy playbooks. They are not legal advice. Quotas, stay lengths and visa-free lists move — confirm with the destination government and its missions before you travel or file.