How to renew your Taiwan visitor visa?
At this point, you may have realised that you are enrolled for a 3-months course while you only have valid visitor visa for 2 months. Err, now what?
If you show your certificate of enrollment when you applied for the visitor visa, it is most likely that the remark "FR" will be indicated in the remark column on your visa. This means that the visitor visa can be extended twice up to 180 days. Good news, right? =)
You don't have to apply for the extension immediately. Anyway, you can only apply for one when the validity days left on your visa is less than 15 days.
To apply for the extension, you will need to prepare the following:
1. The application form, which can be found here: http://www.immigration.gov.tw/public/Data/0991064471.pdf
2. Original and copy of passport
3. Certificate of enrollment (if you are studying in Shida, this can be obtained by using the machine located in front of room 601).
4. Attendance record (same as above, can be obtained from the machine located in front of room 601)
5. Current month attendance. This record may or may not have been updated by the machine at the time of the application. But no worries, you can take the attendance form from the pink folder located in room 612 and ask the teacher to fill it on behalf of you).
Once you have all the above documents, you can go to the National Immigration Agency (see map below).
To get there, you can take the MRT to Xiaonanmen Station and go out to exit 2. Walk straight and turn left when you see the old South Gate.
You will see the National Immigration Agency building on your left.
The office opens from Monday to Friday from 8.00 to 17.00. For further information, you can visit Taiwan's immigration website on http://www.immigration.gov.tw.
You can call the office too on 0800-024-111.
