Visa and entry

Entry rules for patients coming to Taiwan, grouped by nationality, each with a link to the official source. We cannot decide individual cases; the official notices always take precedence.

Information checked on 2026-10-03.

Entry rules change. Before you book, check the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA), the National Immigration Agency, or the Taiwan office in your country. BOCA

Three things every patient should know

  1. Every time you enter Taiwan you must fill in the online Arrival Card (TWAC) within the 7 days before you land. The official site never asks for card details; a site that wants payment is not the official one.
  2. We are not a member of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s medical-services internationalisation programme, so documents issued by our clinic cannot be used to apply for a medical-treatment visa.
  3. Staged extraction means at least two trips, usually about 3 months apart. Each trip is a separate entry with its own allowed stay, and visa-free stays cannot be extended, so plan each visit to fit inside it.

Online Arrival Card (TWAC)

By nationality

Find your country in the groups below. Requirements apply to ordinary passports.

Visa-free, 90 days

Up to 90 days per entry

Japan, South Korea, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, all EU countries and the Schengen states (including Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)

  • Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from arrival; US and Japanese passports only need to cover the planned stay. You need a booked return or onward ticket.
  • UK (British Citizen passports only) and Canadian nationals can apply to extend by 90 days after arrival, up to 180 days in total; other nationalities cannot extend.
  • Passports from Korea, the US (Global Entry members), Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and a few others can use the automated e-Gates after a one-time registration at a Taiwan airport or immigration office; register on your first trip and use the e-Gate on later ones. Japan is not on the list.

Visa-free, 30 days

Up to 30 days per entry

Singapore, Malaysia

  • Passport valid for 6+ months and a booked return ticket. No extensions. Both passports can register for the e-Gates.

Trial visa-free, 14 days

Up to 14 days per entry; trial runs until 2027-07-31

Thailand, the Philippines, Brunei (ordinary passports only)

  • At the border you must be able to show a hotel booking, a contact in Taiwan and proof of sufficient funds, plus a passport valid for 6+ months and a return ticket.
  • If one trip would run past 14 days, or a follow-up trip falls after 2027-07-31, check whether the trial has been extended or apply for a visa instead.

TAC online entry permit

Multiple entries within 90 days, up to 14 days each

Indonesia, Vietnam, India and others (if eligible)

  • You qualify if you hold a valid visa or residence permit (or one expired less than 10 years ago) from the US, Canada, UK, EU/Schengen, New Zealand, Australia, Japan or Korea, or a Taiwan visa or residence permit within the past 10 years (migrant-worker visas excluded). Vietnamese nationals cannot use Japanese or Korean visas or permits. You must never have worked in Taiwan as a migrant worker.
  • TAC can be used for at most 6 entries per calendar year; a stay longer than 14 days needs a visitor visa.

Visa required

Length of stay set by the issuing office

Nationals of Indonesia, Vietnam, India and other countries who do not qualify for TAC

  • Apply for a visitor visa at the Taiwan representative office in your country. A medical-treatment visitor visa requires a Taiwan provider that is a member of the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s medical-services internationalisation programme; we are not a member, so our documents cannot be used for that application.

Hong Kong and Macao residents

Online permit: 30 days, single entry. Entry & exit permit: up to 3 months per entry

Hong Kong, Macao

  • The online temporary entry permit is valid for one entry. You qualify if you hold a valid entry & exit permit, have previously been admitted to Taiwan as a Hong Kong or Macao resident, or were born in Hong Kong or Macao.
  • If you will come two or more times, a one-year or three-year multiple-entry permit lets you travel back and forth while it is valid. Applying on medical grounds likewise requires a member provider, which we are not.

Residents of mainland China

Set by the National Immigration Agency

Mainland China

  • Mainland residents coming for medical treatment or health checks and aesthetic care must apply through a provider designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. We are not on that list and cannot apply on your behalf. For any other way of entering Taiwan, follow the current notices of the National Immigration Agency and the Mainland Affairs Council.

What to carry on every trip

Coming back several times within a few months is normal for staged treatment, and border officers may ask why. Keeping these at hand makes the answer easy. For Thai, Philippine and Bruneian visa-free entry, the booking, a contact in Taiwan and proof of funds are formal requirements.

  • Your booked return ticket
  • Your hotel booking
  • Your appointment details with the date
  • Enough funds for the stay

How many trips you are likely to need and how far apart is explained in how staged removal works for patients abroad; your own plan is set after the online assessment.

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