Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa

1. Residence permit24 months
2. Renew24 months at a time
3. Permanent residencyafter 5 years
4. Citizenshipafter 5 years

• Permanent residency 5 years
• Citizenship 5 years
• Dual citizenship not allowed
• Language required for citizenship basic national language

Country

Taiwan

Program

Taiwan Entrepreneur Visa

Type

Entrepreneur

Status

Active

Initial duration

24 months

Renewable

Yes (24 mo)

Two-year residence for a foreign founder who meets one of eight published routes. The residence does not include a work permit. An extension of up to two years depends on revenue, spending, local hiring, or another performance finding.

Method

online

Processing time

Up to 30 days

Apply from abroad

Yes

There is no salary floor. Routes include venture-capital or National Development Fund angel investment, at least NT$2 million raised on a government-approved platform, a recent incubator or startup-park placement with a recommendation, a patent or other expertise, plant-variety or animal-name rights, a leading startup or design award, a listed fashion, film or style recognition, another innovation finding by the competent authority, or at least NT$1 million invested in a recognized innovative company that the applicant runs as legal representative, manager or director. A team application is fewer than three people. The NT$1 million and NT$2 million figures are eligibility routes, not a mandatory investment, so they are not stored as investment options. The standard fee before entry, for an applicant who is not on the special reciprocal schedule, is NT$4,200, about US$132 at the Bank of Taiwan spot midpoint of NT$31.88 per US$1 on 9 October 2026. After entry the same applicant pays NT$5,000. Hong Kong and Macau residents pay NT$2,600. A dependent who enters on a visitor visa pays NT$3,200 for one year or NT$4,200 for two years. The stored dependent fee is the one-year visitor-entry charge, about US$100. An extension, filed in the four months before expiry, requires one of these: latest-year or three-year-average sales of at least NT$3 million, operating expenses of at least NT$1 million on the same basis, at least three full-time Taiwanese employees, or another performance finding. If the business test is not met, a job-seeking style extension of six months, once more for up to one year total, may still be available. The holder must apply separately under the Employment Service Act before working.

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   created. Two-year entrepreneur residence, standard pre-entry fee NT$4,200, extension up to two years, no included work permit Source