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The Taiwan Travel Permit [a] is a travel document issued by the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China. [6] This card-size biometric document is issued for its bearers, Chinese citizens residing in the mainland, to travel from the mainland to the Taiwan Area for personal, business, or other purposes.
Travelling to Kinmen, Matsu, and Taiwan (as group tourists) has also been suspended since early 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. [12] In September 2023, the ROC authority allowed the mainland Chinese citizens residing in Hong Kong, Macao and overseas to apply for a Taiwan Entry Permit with no quota system. [13]
Single-entry Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents can be applied with ROC passport (with a validity of more than 3 months), ROC National ID card, return ticket and 2 passport-sized photos, fee is CNY 150. Some airports may require additional documents, such as an invitation letter.
Taiwan has reported more than 5.3 million domestic cases since the beginning of the year, driven by the more infectious Omicron variant. Taiwan to resume visa free entry for some countries in ...
Since 2010, Hong Kong and Macau residents can apply for the simplified Entry Permit without fee charges and can be approved instantly, or they can use the permit-on-arrival service. [7] As travelling to Taiwan for tourism purposes was not legalized until 2008 for Mainland residents, very few of the permits were issued before then. [8]
Taiwan has special entry requirements to current or former nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC, commonly known as China) who reside or previously resided in Mainland China. Furthermore, nationals of certain countries must follow different requirements for applications of visitor visas.
In 2024, a category-4 typhoon named Gaemi, directly hit Taiwan. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, [ 30 ] with 8,000 people fleeing to evacuation centers. [ 31 ] A total of 10 people was killed, with a ship capsizing, naming it the deadliest typhoon to ever hit Taiwan in eight years.
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to allow the island to attend all its meetings if it is serious about its goal of "Health for All", ahead of ...