Any banking/credit facilities available to foreigners without ARC?

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Pros and Cons of visa-free long-term stay in Taiwan (aka what are my options?)

All local banks allow you to open an account without an ARC. You need to go to the Foreign Affairs Police office and say you want to open a bank account, they’ll register you and give you a ID number (it’s same as your ARC number in the future). With that piece of paper and a passport you can open an account anywhere. It’s how students open bank accounts when they first arrive before they get their ARC.

Pros and Cons of visa-free long-term stay in Taiwan (aka what are my options?)

https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141465/141808/203962/ Just fill out the application (at the bottom of the page), make a copy of your passport, and bring everything (including your passport) to NIA. The process takes less than 10 minutes (the wait could be long though).