Investor Resident Visa
🇹🇼 Taiwan visas · Business
What it is
For foreign nationals investing TWD 2 million or more in a Taiwan-registered business. Grants residence and work rights for the invested business. Path to APRC after 5 years.
Key facts
- Category
- Business
- Duration
- Up to 3 years (renewable; path to APRC after 5 years)
- Processing time
- 8 days
- Maximum validity
- 3 years
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- Indirect route
- Dependants
- Yes
- Health insurance
- Required
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (applied overseas (US dollars))
- USD 66
- Application fee (applied in Taiwan (NT dollars))
- TWD 2,200
- Application fee (applied overseas (US dollars))
- USD 132
- Application fee (applied in Taiwan (NT dollars))
- TWD 4,400
Key requirements
- Invest at least TWD 2,000,000 (approximately USD 65,000) in a Taiwan-registered company
- Business registration with the Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Investment review and approval from the Investment Commission
- No criminal record
- Company must create local employment
Working on this visa
Work authorised as investor/manager of the government-approved invested enterprise (ESA Art 46(1)(2)); not general open-labour-market access. BOCA requires a minimum investment of US$200,000 for the investment resident visa.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 23 July 2026.