Visa Exempt or Visitor's Visa

[livingintaiwan2020]

Hi all,

What happens if you have a teaching job lined up in Taiwan and enter Taiwan exempt of a visa (90 day visa free)?

A person from my prospective employment establishment said it will just cost more money and add more time.

Could anyone please elaborate?

[tando]

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The visa exempt stay is 14 days for the OP in the thread.

Work permit

yes, but it seems that you anyway need a visa run, unless you find a job before you enter taiwan. you need to apply for resident visa 8 work days before the expiration date of your current visa with a work permit obtained by your employer. Processing time for the work permit is 7 working days. If you look for an employer after you come to Taiwan, you need at least 15 work days. even if you find an employer and they apply for your work permit on the day of your arrival, you cannot do that with…

[ShaoPang]

I don’t think visa-exempt entry can be converted to a resident visa later. You need to enter with an actual visitor’s visa.

[livingintaiwan2020]

Can you get a visitors visa in Taiwan? I mean, can you go somewhere in Taiwan to do this if you entered visa exempt?

[tando]

@ShaoPang

don’t think visa-exempt entry can be converted to a resident visa later. You need to enter with an actual visitor’s visa.

you can get your ARC from visa exempt without leaving Taiwan, if you get a white collar job and paperwork is done within 90 days.

[tando]

@livingintaiwan2020

can you go somewhere in Taiwan to do this if you entered visa exempt?

yes, you may want to confirm this answer from an online stranger by reading an official instruction.

https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-166-276-48430-2.html

[ShaoPang]

you can get your ARC from visa exempt without leaving Taiwan, if you get a white collar job and paperwork is done within 90 days.

Ok, I was probably thinking of a JFRV situation.