Which Countries Do Not Need a Visa for Taiwan? The 90, 30 and 14-Day Lists

Visa-exempt entry is tiered, not a single list

Taiwan does not have one visa-free list. It has three tiers with different lengths of stay, and which tier you fall into depends on your nationality rather than on your reason for visiting.

The important consequence is that “visa-free” does not mean the same thing for a German visitor and a Filipino visitor. One gets 90 days, the other 14. Planning a trip on the assumption that visa-free means three months is a common and expensive mistake.

Visa-exempt entry is also not a work permit and not a residence status. It admits you as a visitor. If you intend to work, study or settle, you need a different route — see what it takes to work in Taiwan legally and the resident visa guide.

The 90-day list

As of August 2026, nationals of the following countries may enter visa-free for 90 days:

Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Eswatini, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Palau, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.

Honduras is also on the 90-day list, but diplomatic and official passport holders are excluded from that particular entry. North Macedonia’s listing carries an end date of 31 March 2030.

This is the tier most long-stay visitors are on, and it is why the 90-day figure circulates as though it applied to everyone. It does not.

The 30-day and 14-day lists

30 days — Belize, Malaysia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Singapore. Dominican Republic nationals also qualify, excluding diplomatic and official passport holders.

14 days — Oman, plus Thailand, Brunei and the Philippines.

The second group is the one to watch. Those three are on a trial programme under the New Southbound Policy, not a permanent listing, and the current entry shows it running until 31 July 2027. That end date has moved before: an earlier Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcement set the trial to expire on 31 July 2026, and it was extended. Treat the expiry as a date to re-check before booking rather than a fixed rule, and note that the trial covers ordinary passports only.

If you are Filipino, the extension question is covered in more detail in our guide to Taiwan visa-free entry for the Philippines.

The conditions that apply to everyone

Being on a visa-exempt list is not sufficient on its own. The Bureau of Consular Affairs requires visa-exempt arrivals to hold:

• a passport with at least six months of remaining validity as of the date of entry, and
• a confirmed return or onward ticket, or an onward ticket together with a visa for the next destination, with a confirmed seat reservation for departure.

Airlines check these at boarding, so a failure here usually stops the journey before Taiwan is involved. Some passport holders are excluded from the exemption on the basis of the place of birth printed on the data page, which is a restriction that is easy to miss.

Visa-exempt stays also cannot be extended in the ordinary case. This is the single biggest practical difference between entering visa-free and entering on a visitor visa — the visitor visa route has an extension path, and the exemption generally does not. The conditions and the narrow exceptions are set out in our visa extension guide.

If your country is not on any list

Not being on a visa-exempt list is normal — most of the world is not on one. Taiwan operates two other routes for visitors, both run by the Bureau of Consular Affairs: a landing visa for certain nationalities and circumstances, and an eVisa applied for online in advance.

Where neither applies, the standard route is a visitor visa applied for at an overseas mission before travelling. The document set and the process are covered in our visitor visa guide and the documents checklist.

One thing not to plan around: repeatedly leaving and re-entering to reset a visa-free clock. Immigration officers assess whether a visitor is genuinely visiting, and a pattern of short exits invites refusal at the border. The practice and its risks are discussed in our visa run guide.

Because both the lists and the trial dates are revised by announcement, check the Bureau of Consular Affairs page for your nationality before you book rather than relying on a list you read earlier — including this one.