11 Facts About Taiwan passport

Republic of China Passport is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.

The current version of Taiwan passport could be traced back to the prototype that published in 1929 by the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government based in Nanjing.

Status and international recognition of the ROC passport is complicated due to the political status of Taiwan.

Republic of China passport is one of five passports with the most improved rating globally since 2006 in terms of the number of countries that its holders may visit without a visa.

Unlike residents of Taiwan passport, NWOHRs do not automatically have right of abode in Taiwan passport.

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Until the mid-1990s, the Taiwan passport contained an entry for provincial ancestry, stating the Chinese province and county of one's ancestral home, but this field has been eliminated.

However, the Chinese province or county of birth is still listed in the birthplace entry if the passport holder was born in either Mainland China or Taiwan.

Visa requirements for Taiwan passport holders are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on nationals of Taiwan.

Visa requirements for ROC nationals without household registration, i e, nationals of Taiwan who do not possess right of abode in Taiwan and hence ineligible for a National Identity Card, are different.

American Institute in Taiwan had, through diplomatic channels, notified the MOFA and confirmed that holders of such altered passports may be extensively questioned by the U S Customs and Border Protection officers and be removed from the United States, and in March 2016, two travelers from Taiwan voluntarily removed Republic of Taiwan stickers because of the extensive questioning by CBP officers.

Supporters of the stickers claimed that passports with Republic of Taiwan stickers were accepted in the United Arab Emirates and in Japan.