APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:^[293]

_{1 - Up to 180 days
2 - Up to 90 days
3 - Up to 90 days in a period of 180 days
4 - Up to 60 days}

Although Taiwan is a member of this program, its nationals are also not allowed to use ABTC to enter China, instead they are required to use Taiwan Compatriot Permits.

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:^[294]

• No need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by Canada and United States)
• Undertake legitimate business in participating economies
• Expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[295]

Greater China

ROC nationals without household registration (NWOHRs) are required to obtain a Chinese Travel Document from a Chinese embassy, consulate or diplomatic mission prior to travelling to Hong Kong SAR and Mainland China. As Chinese Travel Documents are issued as a replacement of the Chinese passport, all holders of Taiwan passports who have citizenship or nationality of another country are ineligible and are required to apply for a Chinese visa on their non-ROC passports instead.^[296]

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Areas	Travel with ROC passport	Travel with Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents	Travel with Chinese Travel Document
Mainland China (excluding Tibet Autonomous Region)	Single-entry Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents on arrival for 3 months, applicable to holders of Taiwanese ID cards only. Permit is still required even for airside transit	Up to 5 years	Up to 2 years
Tibet Autonomous Region	Valid Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents and Tibet Travel Permit required	Valid Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents and Tibet Travel Permit required	Valid Chinese Travel Document and Tibet Travel Permit required
Hong Kong	Online registration for 30 days free of charge, applicable to passports with National ID number only. Registration or Taiwan Compatriot Permit not required for airside transit[297][298]	30 days	Hong Kong SAR Entry Permit required except for airside transit
Macau	30 days[299]	30 days[300]	7 days, must be in transit to or from a third country or region [301]

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Notes:
Single-entry Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents can be applied with ROC passport (with a validity of more than 3 months), ROC National ID card, return ticket and 2 passport-sized photos, fee is CNY 150. Some airports may require additional documents, such as an invitation letter. Eligible airports are: Beijing, Changchun, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Fuzhou, Guilin, Guiyang, Haikou, Hangzhou, Harbin, Hefei, Jinan, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanjing, Nanning, Ningbo, Qingdao, Quanzhou, Sanya, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wenzhou, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Xi'an, Xuzhou, Yancheng, Yantai and Zhengzhou.^[302] The single-entry travel permit is valid for a stay up to 3 months. Holder of a valid, long-term travel permit is not eligible to use this service, he or she must instead carry the long-term permit or will be refused entry for not doing so.

Other

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Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[303]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[304][305]
Crimea	Visa required	Visas issued by Russia are required.[306]
Novorossiya	Restricted area	Crossing from Ukraine requires visit purpose to be explained to Ukrainian passport control on exit and those who entered from Russia are not allowed to proceed further into Ukraine.[307]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months. Passport required.[308]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.[309]
Gibraltar	Visa not required	Visa not required for holders of passports with National ID number only.[310]
Jan Mayen	Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[311] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[312]
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days, pre-arrival notifications must be made at least two weeks in advance.[313]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[314]
South Ossetia	Visa required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[315][316]
Transnistria	Visa required	Moldovan visa required. Registration required after 24h.[317]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[318]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	Visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[319]
Mayotte	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[320]
Réunion	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[321]
Ascension Island	Admission refused[322][323]	From May 2015, the Ascension Island Government does not issue entry visas including eVisas to citizens of Taiwan.[324]
Saint Helena	eVisa[325]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[326]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 40 US dollars.[327]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.[328]
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[328]
Asia
India	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[329][330][331][332][333]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa required[334]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[335]
Kish Island	Visa not required	14 days.[336]
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa policy applies.[337]
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[338]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[339][340]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[341][342][343]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[344]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[345]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[346]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months. Passport with National ID number required.[347]
Aruba	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[348]
Bermuda	Visa not required	6 months[349]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[350]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	6 months[351]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	60 days. Passport with National ID number required.[352]
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Tourist card must be purchased on arrival.[353]
Curacao	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[354]
French Guiana	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[355]
French West Indies	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[356]
Greenland	Visa not required	90 days in 180 days. Passport with National ID number required.[357]
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[358]
Puerto Rico	Visa not required	90 days. ESTA and passport with National ID number required.[359]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[360][361]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	90 days. Passport with National ID number required.[362]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days[363]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa not required	90 days. ESTA and passport with National ID number required.[364]
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic Travel Authorization[365]	30 days.[366]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorization required.[367]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[368]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[369]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[370]
French Polynesia	Visa not required	90 days within 180 days. Passport with National ID number required.[371]
Guam	Visa not required	45 days. Must hold a National ID card and disembark on a nonstop flight from Taiwan. Otherwise under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA and passport with National ID number required.[372]
New Caledonia	Visa not required	90 days within 180 days. Passport with National ID number required.[373]
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[374]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required	45 days. Must hold a National ID card and disembark on a nonstop flight from Taiwan. Otherwise under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA and passport with National ID number required.[375]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[376][377][378]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[379][380][381][382][383][384][385]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required	90 days within 180 days. Passport with National ID number required.[386]
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[387]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.[388]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[389][390]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[391][392][393][394][395][396][397][398][399][400][401][402]

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 Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.