For applicants who get stuck at the Passport Inspectation stage:
I’ve helped four of my clients to have their passports verified in their local missions in the past couple of months. Now they are all permitted to enter Taiwan with R.O.C. Resident Authorization for overseas applicants.
I use the route that’s provided by the Gold Card office:
“If you are at the Passport Inspection Stage and you or your family have an urgent need to enter Taiwan, are fully vaccinated, and are not coming from high-risk countries, please fill in the online form. We will try to help you expedite your passport inspection and apply for emergency visas for your family to enter Taiwan.”
Only one of my clients has got an offer from a Taiwanese company. The rest of them are not employed by any Taiwanese company. None of them have family in Taiwan. So basically none of them really have an ‘urgent need’ to enter Taiwan.
I did phone up the Gold Card office to ask them to clarify the ‘urgent need’. I feel that they just need a reason/excuse to put you on the list. I asked them if the applicants need to provide any document to support their ‘urgent need’ to come to Taiwan. They told me that they won’t vet it. So I’ve come to the conclusion that all I need to do is to come up with a reason for them.
Such as:
（1） I already made an plan to immigrate to Taiwan with my family toward the end of 2021. I’d like to let my two children enroll in a Taiwanese school before the new academic term begins.
or (2) My company has some customers in Taiwan. I’d like to move to Taiwan and visit them on behalf of my company as soon as possible.
After you write an email to the gold card office (or fill out their online form mentioned above), they’ll send your case to National Development Council (NDC). and then NDC will put you on the list and send it to CDCC. Once the CDCC approves, the NDC will send an official document to your local TECO by email. Once the TECO receives this official document, they will ask the applicant to submit his/her passport.
This process takes 1-2 weeks. But three of my clients have encountered problems communicating with local TECO missions. The Gold Card office told them that the relevant documents have been sent by the NDC to the TECO office, but TECO office claimed that they didn’t receive it. After back and forth comunication with TECOs, BOCA, the NDC, and the Gold Card office for about a month, the TECOs magically found the email and told my clients to submit their passports.
Hope all the information above is helpful.
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