Taiwanese Visa is not required for Filipinos
Stay Duration: 14 days
Entry Requirements
- Philippines citizens deliberating on visiting Taiwan do not need a visa to visit the country and stay for up to 14 days.
- This duration of 14 days to stay in Taiwan for the Filipinos is not extendable.
- Filipinos can visit Taiwan on visa-free for either tourism, business or transit travelling.
- For those who are going to be staying in Taiwan for a long stay for either educational purposes or employment are required to apply for their respective visas.
- Four (4) basic documents that are required when entering Taiwan are as follows:
- For Philippines nationals to visit Taiwan, they must possess an international passport that is valid for at least 6 months from the date of their entry into Taiwan.
- You must possess a return ticket or ticket for travelling to another country and a visa for that country if it is required.
- Provision of proof of hotel reservation or any other means of your accommodation in Taiwan.
- An arrival card issued to you by the airline you boarded or your cruise ship firm.
- You are to present all above-mentioned documents to the Taiwanese Immigration officers either at the airport you enter the country through or seaport at on your arrival in Taiwan.
- You must show a police report proving that you do not have a criminal record.
- Medical Insurance to cover the duration of your entire stay and the presentation of documents confirming the purpose of your travel.
- Failure to meet all the above-listed document requirements will cause you entry denial.
- Taiwan does not levy an airport embarkation tax on any travellers.
- The average expected time for airlines to travel to Taipei, Taiwan from Manila, Philippines is 2 hours, 15 minutes.
- Some airlines travelling to Taiwan from the Philippines are EVA Air, Philippine Airlines, Cebu Pacific, Philippines AirAsia and China Airlines.
- The standard time zone of Taiwan is (GMT+8), while that of the Philippines is also (GMT+8). This indicates that there is no time difference between the two aforementioned countries.
- The Taiwanese telephone code is (+886) serves as a medium for both national and international communication.
- Banks in Taiwan are inoperative on weekends (Saturdays and Sundays).
- There is no restriction to the foreign currency you are bringing in or taking out of Taiwan.
- An amount or any negotiable instruments such as promissory notes, bank drafts, cheques etc up to $10,000 or its equivalent are to be declared.
- All baggage will be cleared at your first entry into the Taipei airport or seaport.
- A good health veterinarian certificate and rabies vaccination certificates issued note less than 6 months prior to your embarkation to Taiwan.
- An import permit issued by the Airport Police Bureau (APB) in Taipei is required for the importation of arms and ammunition.
- Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. New Taiwan Dollar (TWD) is the official currency used in Taiwan.
- Mandarin Chinese is the official language spoken in Taiwan by its over 24 million population.
- Religions practised in Taiwan are Taoism and Buddhism which are the major religions, and other minor religions like Islam, Christianity and traditional beliefs.
- Taroko National Park, National Palace Museum, Sun Moon Lake etc., are the tourist sights you can explore when in Taiwan for tourism.
- Some of the Taiwan national dishes are minced pork rice, oyster vermicelli, oyster omelette, stinky tofu, cutlet etc.
- The Taiwan power plug types are of type A and B. The type A is the plug type that has two flat parallel pins, while type B has two flat parallel pins with a grounding pin.
- The power voltage supply in Taiwan is 110V and 60Hz.