Warning for newbies

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@Big Fluffy Matthew

To clarify even more: there is no such thing as a 30 landing visa. You have a visa exempt entry. You have no visa. No visa to convert or extend.

BOCA would like to disagree with you.

boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=144 … e=116&mp=2

Nonetheless, you are probably right in assuming the OP had a visa-exempt entry.

If I recall correctly, the visa-exempt entry used to be only for 14 days. The primary difference now between the two is that you cannot get visa-exempt entry if you are on an emergency passport (in other words, you’d need to pay for a landing visa).

@jimipresley

[quote=“strider”]I researched and asked questions on this forum for months before coming, especially about the 30-day vs. 60-day visa question. I had to find this out the hard way: you can’t get a job on a 30 day visa, an ARC can only be applied for if you have a 60-day visa, so get the 60-day visa. You’re welcome : P

I arrived on a 30-day visa with a big “NO EXTENSION WILL BE GRANTED” stamped on it. My boss applied for my ARC, and because it takes a while to come through, he simply got me a 30 day extension. No problems for me, at any rate.[/quote]

Was that a visa that you obtained AT the airport?

@TheLostSwede

Well, as soon as the application for an ARC has been sent off, you can apply for a visa extension, as long as your current visa is valid.

Not if it was a visa obtained AT the airport.

[quote]Duration of stay:
30 days , The 30 days’ duration of stay starts from the next day of arrival and is not extendable. Travelers must depart by the end of the said 30 days. Visa-exempt entry cannot be converted to other types of visas.
[/quote]
(boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=144 … e=536&mp=2)

And

Duration of stay: 30 days which starts from the next day of arrival and is not extendable.Landing visa cannot be converted to other types of visas.

(boca.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=144 … e=536&mp=2)

C’mon guys, don’t muddy the situation.

And while we’re being pedantic:

@strider

I researched and asked questions on this forum for months before coming, especially about the 30-day vs. 60-day visa question.

This was “months”?

To 60 day ornot to 60 day

So it seems to me that it’s a waste of time applying for a 60 day visa, since it costs aboutt he same amount as a plane ticket to hong kong and back, could potentially be refused, and also if I do get an ARC in that first 30 days, that’s 6500NT I wasted for no reason. So staying with my 30 day landing seems like a no-brainer to me, but my buddy says i’m in danger of getting refused on landing and am better off with the 60 days. This is my first two months ever in the country so far. What should …