Why is this even a consideration? You break the law, want to leave the country without accepting punishment and then leave us holding the bag when they decide to tighten the rules.
Pay your fines.
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No just once
What are the other fines for?
Whereâs Jimi Presley when you need him?
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Just one fine. Nothing else
So no exit bans in airport?
Itâs 2000 for first violation and the max is 10,000 if broken many times
I will
I will come back.
How many times did you get caught breaking it then? Might have been a good idea to learn your lesson the first time. 
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Correction: Smoking fine not smoking fines
Check with the NIA but I donât think you can get exit bans unless the owed money is more than 1 million NT.
But if you got money in your bank, theyâll just take it right out of your account after so long. I had money taken out of my account for jaywalking.
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The fine is from the health bureau.
It doesnât matter. It goes unpaid long enough they will execute a detainer with the courts, and any bank where you have enough money would get an order from the courts to take the money out. This applies for unpaid NHI fees too by the way. It takes a loong time for this to happen, but when it happens the money will disappear as soon as you put it in the bank.
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What happened?
I crossed a small street and a cop saw me, and gave me a ticket for jaywalking. The signal was poorly timed and I made the crossing a million times without any problem. It was when that âpedestrian hellâ thing was going on and they pledged to enforce traffic rules. I guess issuing fines to pedestrians is their way of doing it.
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Today I learned that Taiwan ever fines anyone ever for smoking anywhere
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And jaywalking.
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Coworker was charged for crossing the road. I had only crossed the road 10 seconds earlier. He calls my name behind me to say hi when the police pulled him over.
I noped outta there and onto the MRT so fast.
I was warned once by another cop too. I just pretended to be a blabbering idiot who couldnât understand Chinese and barely understood his English. He let me go. He wanted me to use the crosswalks which means that going to work is illegal cause itâs on an island of no crosswalks.
Now I use the newly painted crosswalks and dare cars to try to hit me.
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A few friends (taiwanese) have been banned from exiting the country and getting passports based on not paying taxes and fines related to tax.
Foreigners and locals alike get their passports âlockedâ after being arrested for a crime (even if not proved guilty or not having done anything ethically wrong).
Point being, non immigration matters can certainly limit oneâs ability to travel internationally. Itâs a real issue. Especially important in keeping our country, Taiwan, ethical and just. Some countries donât follow various human rights norms and people are jailed til death without possibility of travel. Be it medicine, sexuality, political ideas, freedom of speech etc.
If OP is worried, just pay the fines. Even with extra fines on top of the fine for being tasty. Seems easier. But that entirely depends on the fine. Not paying income tax kind of fines might get people stuck here. Parking tickets? Maybe not. But not sure.
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