Visitor Visa

Visitor Visa holders permitted to stay in Taiwan for 60 or 90 days and whose visas bear no such remark as "no extension" may apply at local service centers of the National Immigration Agency for a maximum of 120 or 90 days of extensions. 60-day visa holders can apply for extensions twice, each time 60 days of validation.

Please ask for an Enrollment Certificate from the OIA coordinator 15 days before the 60/90 days of validation is due. Bring it along with a filled application form and your passport to the Immigration Agency Kaohsiung City First Service Center to apply for an extension. The extension must be made within 15 days before your visa expires. Find more information on the immigration agency website.

Processing time: Half of a day

Charge: NT$300 (starting from March 1st, 2024)

Overstay fine:

• 1-10 days: NTD$10,000
• 11-30 days: NTD$20,000
• 31-60 days: NTD$30,000
• 61-90 days: NTD$40,000
• over 91 days: NTD$50,000

Resident Visa

One-year students who enter Taiwan with a resident visa must apply for an ARC (Alien Resident Card) within 30 days after their arrival. After completing NSYSU registration, students can ask for an Enrollment Certificate from the OIA coordinator to apply for an ARC.

Processing time: around 5-8 working days

Charge: NT$1,000

Requirements:

• 1 photo (2*2 inches)
• Passport
• A Resident Visa (or a Visitor Visa for students who wish to extend their stay for more than 6 months)
• Proof of Accommodation
• NSYSU Enrollment Certificate
• Health Examination Report (Form B)

ARC Application Portal (Choose Foreign Students and Overseas Chinese Students)

Please read the ARC Application Instructions carefully to shorten the ARC application process.

***Send a copy of your ARC to your OIA coordinator once you receive it.***

How to Change Your Visa

If you wish to extend your semester study into a full-year exchange, please ask your home university to send an approval email to the OIA coordinator at least one month before the final exam week and start to prepare to change your visa.

*If you don't hold a visa, please inform the OIA coordinator asap.

• Complete Health Examination Form B (It costs around NT$2,000 and takes 10 days to receive the report.)
• Apply for an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) (read the instructions above under the "Resident Visa" section carefully before applying.

Address of MOFA Kaohsiung and Immigration Agency:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA) (3-4F) &

National Immigration Agency (5-6F)

Address: No.6, ZhengNan Street, Lingya Dist, Kaohsiung City

(MRT - Lingya Sports Park Exit. 2)

Tel: 07-715-1660

Travel Insurance

You are required to purchase overseas travel insurance with medical care and accident policies that cover the whole duration of your stay in Taiwan. The English version of the insurance plan must be submitted upon registration.

Student Group Insurance

All NSYSU students must purchase Student Group Insurance. The fee is NTD465 per semester for AY26/27 exchange students, and it mainly covers accidents.

Requirements for Student Group Insurance Reimbursement Application:

• Payment Receipts with Hospital/Clinic Stamps
• A Diagnosis Certificate in Chinese
• Copy of your passport
• Receipt of the Student Group Insurance

National Health Insurance

According to the National Health Insurance Act, any international student who obtained an ARC and continuously stayed in Taiwan for over six months (6 months of continuous residence in Taiwan or with one trip abroad not exceeding 30 days when the actual residency period of 6 months is reached after the days abroad have been deducted) is obligated to join the NHI. The cost is NTD 826 per month (Starting from Jan. 1, 2021). The insurance fee will be included in the tuition fee invoice. Please inform the OIA coordinator once you are eligible for the NHI. Please visit the National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, for more information.