{"id":170851,"date":"2018-07-13T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170851"},"modified":"2018-07-13T06:00:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:00:01","slug":"taiwan-extends-visa-free-program-for-pinoys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/13\/taiwan-extends-visa-free-program-for-pinoys\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan extends visa-free program for Pinoys"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_33345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33345\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_124859377.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33345\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_124859377.jpg\" alt=\"The number of Taipei and Manila's two-way visitors hit a record high in 2017 when Filipino travelers going to Taiwan reached 290,784 and the Taiwanese visitors to the Philippines reached 236,777.(shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_124859377.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_124859377-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_124859377-900x602.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The number of Taipei and Manila&#8217;s two-way visitors hit a record high in 2017 when Filipino travelers going to Taiwan reached 290,784 and the Taiwanese visitors to the Philippines reached 236,777.(shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The visa-exemption program for Filipinos is officially extended until July 31, 2019, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The move was an extension of the visa-free trial period and will be subject to be reviewed until it lapsed next year.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, new TECO representative to the Philippines Michael Peiyung Hsu said the initiative &#8220;will surely enhance&#8221; both parties&#8217; friendship and further strengthen their multifaceted cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, he appealed for a reciprocation, so as to attract more Taiwanese tourists and businessmen to visit the country.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Taipei and Manila&#8217;s two-way visitors hit a record high in 2017 when Filipino travelers going to Taiwan reached 290,784 and the Taiwanese visitors to the Philippines reached 236,777.<\/p>\n<p>Once considered, Hsu assured this will produce a positive impact on Taipei and Manila&#8217;s areas of partnership, particularly in tourism, investment, trade, education, culture, agriculture, and fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a significant milestone in the bilateral win-win partnership and (will) also enhance the friendly ties and mutual benefits between Taiwan and the Philippines,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In availing the visa-free program, Filipino applicants must have no criminal records in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>He\/she is also required to have an ordinary passport with remaining validity of at least six months from the date of entry; a return ticket; and a proof of accommodation booking or the sponsor\u2019s contact information for tour, meetings and events arrangements; and lastly proof he\/she has no criminal records or other records of misconduct in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Exempted from the privilege are those with diplomatic and official passport holders. For more information about Taiwan (ROC) visas, interested applicants may visit the TECO website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The visa-exemption program for Filipinos is officially extended until July 31, 2019, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":33345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[42365],"class_list":["post-170851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","tag-taipei-economic-and-cultural-office-teco","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}