Taiwan spouse visa

Documents in languages other than Chinese or English must have a Chinese or English translation, and both the original and the translation must be authenticated by a Taiwan overseas mission. Police certificates with an expiry date must be used before they expire. Health certificates from foreign hospitals must be authenticated as well.

BOCA asks for the barcoded online form, two photos, a passport valid for at least six months with a copy of the bio-page, a health certificate issued within three months, a police certificate of no criminal record from your country issued within one year, your country's marriage registration (or marriage certificate where no registration exists) and the Taiwanese spouse's household registration certificate issued within three months, showing the marriage, your name in your native language and your nationality.

Spouses outside Taiwan apply at a Taiwan mission. Those who entered on a visitor visa annotated "TS" can apply in Taiwan at BOCA or its Central, Southwestern, Southern or Eastern Taiwan offices eight working days before their stay ends. People who entered visa-free or on a landing visa, and blue-collar workers in Taiwan, cannot apply for this visa in Taiwan.

Resident visas are valid for three months. Within 30 days of the day after arrival (or of the issue date, if the visa was granted inside Taiwan) you must apply at an NIA service centre for an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) and re-entry permit; your permitted stay is the validity of the ARC. Foreign spouses of nationals with household registration can apply for permanent residency after more than ten years of legal residence, with at least 183 days of residence a year in five of those years; they do not have to prove self-support.