Taiwan Travel Permit Explained

Document Name:	Taiwan Travel Permit Chinese: {{nobold\|往来台湾通行证
Using Jurisdiction:	Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China
Document Type:	Travel Document
Purpose:	Exit the immigration checkpoint when travelling to the Taiwan Area from the mainland
Eligibility:	mainland Chinese citizens
Expiration:	5 years (for applicants under 16 years old) 10 years (for applicants above 16 years old)^[1]
Cost:	¥60

The Taiwan Travel Permit is a travel document issued by the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China.^[2] This card-size biometric document is issued for its bearers, Chinese citizens residing in the mainland, to travel from the mainland to the Taiwan Area for personal, business, or other purposes.^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

When bearers travel to the Taiwan Area from ports in mainland China (besides Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming), they need to have an endorsement (similar to exit visa)^[6] on their Taiwan Travel Permit cards.^[7] ^[8] In addition, mainland Chinese citizens, regardless of whether they have such a document, need a Taiwan Entry Permit to enter the Taiwan Area.^[9] Mainland Chinese citizens do not need to have a Taiwan Travel Permit if they are traveling to Taiwan directly from overseas, Hong kong, Macao or the mainland ports of Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming.^[10]

The Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits suspended the pilot program for individual travel to Taiwan by mainland residents from 47 cities on 1 August 2019.^[11] Mainland Chinese residents in Fujian can apply for an endorsement for traveling to Matsu for tourism since August 2024.^[12] In August 2024, Taiwanese politician Cho Jung-tai stated that the mainland government has not yet approved mainland tour groups or tourists to visit Taiwan.^[13]

Notes and References

Web site: 大陆居民往来台湾通行证有效期延至10年 . zh-hans . 人民網 . 2015-06-19 . 2018-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001233415/http://travel.people.com.cn/n/2015/0619/c41570-27180687.html.
Web site: 出入境证件简明手册 . 2024-10-23 . www.nia.gov.cn.
Web site: 大陆居民往来台湾通行证和签注签发服务指南 . 2024-09-20 . National Immigration Administration . 2023-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604062503/http://s.nia.gov.cn/mps/bszy/wlgaot/sqwltw/201903/t20190313_1003.html . live .
Web site: 大陆居民往来台湾通行证及签注签发服务指南（福建省） . 2024-09-20 . 福建省公安厅 Fujian Provincial Public Security Department . 2024-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240920200304/https://gat.fujian.gov.cn/ztzl/cryjfwwj/bsxz_28282/202401/t20240105_6373258.htm . live .
Web site: 新版往来台湾通行证4月24日启用-新华网 . 2024-10-24 . m.xinhuanet.com.
News: Travel restrictions to Lienchiang lifted for Fujian residents. 27 October 2024 . www.taipeitimes.com . Taipei Times . 24 August 2024.
Web site: 经两会商定，大陆南昌、昆明、重庆三市自今(1)日起试点开放「大陆居民经台湾中转」业务 . 財團法人海峽交流基金會.
Web site: 大陆居民往来台湾通行证和签注签发服务指南 – 行政许可 . 2024-09-20 . Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China . 2024-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240521171434/https://www.gov.cn/bumenfuwu/2019-05/05/content_5388790.htm . live .
Web site: 內政部移民署 . 大陸地區人民入出境 . 2024-09-20 . 內政部移民署 A01050000A . zh . 2024-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240428035156/https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/12162/12194//CP_QA_Date?alias=QAClass&type=%E8%A7%80%E5%85%89 . live .
Web site: AirTicketNA2 . 2023-08-24 . 旅行：旅居及留学第三地的陆籍人士即将可入台自由行，及入境转机 – 北美票帝AIRTICKETNA . https://web.archive.org/web/20240518224413/https://piao.tips/8381769144-2/ . 2024-05-18 . 2024-09-20 . zh.
Web site: Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan . 海峡两岸旅游交流协会关于暂停大陆居民赴台个人游试点的公告海峡两岸旅游交流协会关于暂停大陆居民赴台个人游试点的公告 . www.mct.gov.cn . Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China . 26 October 2024.
Web site: MAC Press Release . Mainland Affairs Council Responds to Mainland China Opening Tourist Travel to Taiwan . Mainland Affairs Council Republic of China (Taiwan) . 26 October 2024.
News: Bilinski . Hanna . Taiwan allows tour groups to visit China, China continues to prohibit travel to Taiwan . 27 October 2024 . Radio Taiwan International.