Taiwan Travel Permit

This article is about the travel document of Mainland China. For the entry permit of the Republic of China, see Taiwan Entry Permit.

Taiwan Travel Permit 往来台湾通行证
Card-style permit in 2015
Type	Travel Document
Issued by	Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China
Purpose	Exit the immigration checkpoint when travelling to the Taiwan Area from the mainland
Eligibility	mainland Chinese citizens
Expiration	5 years (for applicants under 16 years old) 10 years (for applicants above 16 years old)[1]
Cost	¥60

The Taiwan Travel Permit[a] is a travel document issued by the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China.[6] This card-size biometric document is issued for its bearers, Chinese citizens residing in the mainland, to travel from the mainland to the Taiwan Area for personal, business, or other purposes.[7][8][9]

When bearers travel to the Taiwan Area from ports in mainland China (besides Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming), they need to have an endorsement (similar to exit visa)[10] on their Taiwan Travel Permit cards.[11][7][12] In addition, mainland Chinese citizens, regardless of whether they have such a document, need a Taiwan Entry Permit to enter the Taiwan Area.[13] Mainland Chinese citizens do not need to have a Taiwan Travel Permit if they are traveling to Taiwan directly from overseas, Hong Kong, Macao or the mainland ports of Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming.[14]

The Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits suspended the pilot program for individual travel to Taiwan by mainland residents from 47 cities on 1 August 2019.[15] Mainland Chinese residents in Fujian can apply for an endorsement for traveling to Matsu for tourism since August 2024.[10][16] In August 2024, Taiwanese politician Cho Jung-tai stated that the mainland government has not yet approved mainland tour groups or tourists to visit Taiwan.[17]

Notes

1. "Taiwan Travel Permit" is the official English name used by the Chinese government for this document.[2][3][4][5]

Refereneces

1. "大陆居民往来台湾通行证有效期延至10年" (in Simplified Chinese). 人民網. 2015-06-19. Archived from the original on 2018-10-01.
2. "Taiyuan introduces E-pass for residents traveling to Taiwan". China Daily. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
3. "Issue a motor vehicle driving license (to a holder of an expired foreign motor vehicle driving license)". Shanghai Municipal People's Government. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
4. "Handbook for Overseas Investment Enterprises in Chongqing (2023 Edition)" (PDF). Fengdu County People's Government. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
5. "Kinmen, Mazu & Penghu launch arrival visa project for mainland tourists-School of International Chinese Education". Xiamen University. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
6. "出入境证件简明手册". www.nia.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
7. "大陆居民往来台湾通行证和签注签发服务指南". National Immigration Administration. Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
8. "大陆居民往来台湾通行证及签注签发服务指南（福建省）". 福建省公安厅 Fujian Provincial Public Security Department. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
9. "新版往来台湾通行证4月24日启用-新华网". m.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
10. "Travel restrictions to Lienchiang lifted for Fujian residents". www.taipeitimes.com. Taipei Times. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
11. "经两会商定，大陆南昌、昆明、重庆三市自今(1)日起试点开放「大陆居民经台湾中转」业务". 財團法人海峽交流基金會.
12. "大陆居民往来台湾通行证和签注签发服务指南 – 行政许可". Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
13. 內政部移民署. "大陸地區人民入出境". 內政部移民署 A01050000A (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-04-28. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
14. AirTicketNA2 (2023-08-24). "旅行：旅居及留学第三地的陆籍人士即将可入台自由行，及入境转机 – 北美票帝AIRTICKETNA" (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
15. Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan. "海峡两岸旅游交流协会关于暂停大陆居民赴台个人游试点的公告海峡两岸旅游交流协会关于暂停大陆居民赴台个人游试点的公告". www.mct.gov.cn. Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
16. MAC Press Release. "Mainland Affairs Council Responds to Mainland China Opening Tourist Travel to Taiwan". Mainland Affairs Council Republic of China (Taiwan). Retrieved 26 October 2024.
17. Bilinski, Hanna. "Taiwan allows tour groups to visit China, China continues to prohibit travel to Taiwan". Radio Taiwan International. Retrieved 27 October 2024.

External links

• Travel documents needed for citizens of the mainland China travelling to the Taiwan Area travel guide from Wikivoyage