I have a cheap flight to Clark in the Philipines and need to re enter Taiwan on a tourist visa, has anyone done this? Any problems?
not a pbm… do it all the time
actually its illegal, but everybody does it
What is illegal:
… flying cheap?
… landing and leaving from Clark Field?
… entering Taiwan on a Landing Visa??
All sounds good to me
I plan to enter the Philippines via Clark on my next visit. Under NT$ 2,000 roundtrip including taxes?
it is illegal to go out of the country (Taiwan) and come back after a short time on a landing visa again…thats a fact.
Why are people talking about landing visas in this thread?
why not?
again…and I correct myself a bit: it is not illegal to go out of the country and come back on a landing visa or tourist visa (though I was told so by the authorities here) . BUT: if you are planning to get a permanent visa here (e.g. trying to get work on a legal basis) you need to have a valid (extendable) visa. still you have to leave the country every 90 days but this visa is extendable and only if you have that in your passport you are able to apply for ARC.
what a load of arse…
[quote=“fusilimobili”]why not?
again…and I correct myself a bit: it is not illegal to go out of the country and come back on a landing visa or tourist visa (though I was told so by the authorities here) . BUT: if you are planning to get a permanent visa here (e.g. trying to get work on a legal basis) you need to have a valid (extendable) visa. still you have to leave the country every 90 days but this visa is extendable and only if you have that in your passport you are able to apply for ARC.[/quote]
I think you are confusing a whole lot of things here.
There is no such thing as a “tourist visa”. Visa categories are official/courtesy, visitor and resident. Citizens of many countries may enter without a visa for stays of generally under 90 and 180s days depending on which country they are from. This is not a so called “landing visa”. Landing visas are generally given to visa-free nationals whose passport is valid for less than 6 months.
Holders of visitor visas can apply for ARCs without any trouble as long as there is no remark on the visa saying otherwise (i.e. “no extension”) and they have a purpose of stay, i.e. work, study or joining family. Yet even in the case of restrictions, holders of such visas can visit BoCA and apply for a new visa sans restrictions which may or may not be granted.
If a resident visa is issued, that means the applicant fulfilled all requirements for an ARC before entering the ROC. Since for many purposes that requires a health certificate and these are easier to come by in Taiwan than elsewhere, a lot of people rather apply for a visitor visa than a resident visa.
Also, there is no such thing as a “permanent visa”.
Please cite the relevant laws with article and sub-paragraph to support your post. I assume you will not be able to come up with anything.