Resident Visa for Religious Work
🇹🇼 Taiwan visas · Work
What it is
For ordained religious personnel (e.g. pastor, priest, monk, nun, imam) invited by a legally registered, non-profit R.O.C. religious organization to carry out religious work. The applicant must hold an official religious capacity and show more than 2 years of prior religious work.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- Resident visa valid 3 months for entry; the holder must apply for an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) and Re-entry Permit at a National Immigration Agency service center within 30 days of arrival, length of stay is then governed by the ARC.
- Processing time
- Varies by mission; applications are lodged at an R.O.C. overseas mission (TECO).
- 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
- Letter of invitation from a legally registered R.O.C. religious organization (with signature, seal, purpose and activity details)
- Photocopy of the inviting organization's certificate of registration
- Certificate of the applicant's religious capacity (Pastor, Father, Monk, Nun, Imam, etc.)
- Credentials showing more than 2 years of religious work prior to application
- Passport valid at least 6 months with blank pages; health certificate within 3 months
- Online application form from visawebapp.boca.gov.tw and two passport photos
Working on this visa
Religious work is the visa purpose (religious/arts/performance work, ESA Art 46(1)(6)); full-time, no statutory weekly-hour cap.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 23 July 2026.