♤ Visa Types for Exchange Student 簽證種類
♤ Visitor Visa 停留簽證
Apply for a Visitor Visa if you'll stay in Taiwan for LESS than 180 days.
Visitor Visa details: Here
♤ Visitor Visa Extension 停留簽證延長
Visitor Visa holders who are permitted to stay in Taiwan for 60 or 90 days and whose visas bear no such remark as "no extension will be granted" may apply at local service centers of the National Immigration Agency for a maximum of 120 or 90 days of extensions.
Students should prepare to apply for an extension at least 15 days before the visa expires.
To Apply Extension : Bring with necessary documents and fees to the National Immigration Agency Kaohsiung City First Service Center to apply for an extension.
♤ Resident Visa 居留簽證
Apply for a Resident Visa if you'll stay in Taiwan for MORE than 180 days.
Resident Visa details: Here
After entering Taiwan with a Resident Visa, you must apply for an ARC (Alien Resident Card) within 15 days after arrival.
♤ Visa Change 停留簽證改居留簽證
Change from Visitor Visa to Resident Visa
Visitor Visa holders who decide to stay exceed 180 days after arrival must change to Resident Visa within valid duration of stay of original Visa, and then apply for ARC within 15 days.
To Apply Visa Change: Bring with necessary documents and fees to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to apply for Visa change.
♤ Alien Resident Card (ARC) 居留證
To Get an ARC
For international students, the Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) serves as their temporary ID card which can prove your resident status in Taiwan. It is a very important document and we advise you to take good care of it and pay attention to its expiration date.
Moreover, whether you have entered Taiwan with Resident Visa or obtained Resident Visa through visa change within Taiwan, please remember to apply for the Alien Resident Certificate and Re-entry Permit at your local office of Ministry of Interior National Immigration Agency on the next day upon arrival or within 15 days of the issue of your resident visa.
To Apply ARC:
(1) Apply online (ARC Online Application System)
(2) ARC collection: Bring with necessary documents and fees to the National Immigration Agency Kaohsiung City First Service Center .
♤ Where to Apply? 哪裡申請
Add: No.6, ZhengNan Street, Lingya Dist, Kaohsiung City (near MRT Martial Arts Stadium)
Tel : 07-7151660
3 & 4F (Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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Resident Visa
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Visa Change
5 & 6F (Kaohsiung City First Service Center, National Immigration Agency)
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Visitor Visa Extension
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ARC Application
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ROC ID Number
