You can get a visitor visa without a plane ticket yes. Take your acceptance letter from the school, your application, a few passport pics , passport and some bank statements as proof that you have cash. I once got in on a credit card only when I applied in Bangkok.
If you can get the visitor’s visa without leaving, you can get extensions on the visa:
“2. Mandarin language study:
Proof of registration and class schedule from a university language center or language school licensed by local educational authorities.
Attendance record (those applying for a first time extension do not need to include the attendance record.)”
see iff.immigration.gov.tw/enfront/l … d=2&id=219
from iff.immigration.gov.tw/enfront/
Try to get at least the 60-day visa so you don’t have to spend too many afternoons at the immigration center. I was told as an American my longest visitor visa (multiple entry) is 60 days. I’ve seen people with 90-day visas though. A European classmate had a 6-month school-specific visa somehow. I couldn’t figure out how to get one of those.
Hippo are you serious theres a way to get a visitors visa without leaving Taiwan? I dont think so. Anyways thanks everyone for the replies, Ill just take my school tuition recipt and go.
I’m not sure if you can get a visa once you’re already in Taiwan. My visa was issued in Chicago, USA and requires I send it back to Chicago to have it changed or modified (extensions can be handled in Taiwan).
Also, when you get your visa, make sure it’s a vistor-STUDY visa. If you get a vistor-TOURIST visa they won’t let you renew it with school documentation later and you’ll have to leave the country when the visa expires. If you print out the PDF from the Taiwan immigration site, it lists all the codes for the different visas. Make sure you get the vistor-STUDY visa if you’re going to be studying and have no other way to extend the visa.
I’m on a 60-day visitor-RELATIVES visa meaning my relatives vouch for me every 60 days and I can get an extension. This gives me more flexibility if I’m not enrolled in a class. There are a bunch of different codes for a bunch of different visas. Make sure you get the one most advantageous to your situation because once they issue it, it seems like you can only change or modify the visa at the office which issued it.
One of my European classmates had something like a 6-month visa that was to a specific school, meaning if he didn’t like the school, he’d have to reapply for a new visa (for extension purposes) if he wanted to switch schools. I can’t find any infromation about this kind of visa on the Taiwan immigration website and ICLP said it doesn’t exist.
Hello,
I’m getting ready to apply to the MOFA scholarship for undergrad, but am unclear on the process. Here’s the thing, I’m currently in Taiwan on a (student) visitor visa, later to be an ARC, until the start of next academic year. Say with help of a family member back at home for applying and receiving the scholarship letter, can I amend my passport (or ARC?) within Taiwan? Perhaps some of you have been in the same situation and know from experience. In any case, I’ll contact the embassy back at home and the NIA/MOE/etc here. Thanks!
Hi, we have a thread for questions on the process of getting a student visa; I’ll merge this with it.