Eligibility for mainland Chinese applicants: Mainland Chinese applicants: the foreign-national procedure below does not establish your eligibility. Confirm the applicable Mainland Area entry-permit rules with the National Immigration Agency before paying or applying.
An innovation-oriented entrepreneur programme with published foreign-national and Hong Kong/Macao procedures; these do not establish mainland Chinese eligibility.
Route overview
Typical timeline / duration: Entrepreneur Visa offers 2 years residency and extension without leaving Taiwan according to official startup portal summary.
Important notes
Applicant/team must meet at least one innovation/startup criterion such as qualifying investment, innovation capability, IP/professional skill, incubation/park stationing and recommendation, startup/design awards, or approved entrepreneurship projects.
One official criterion is received domestic/foreign investment of at least NT$2 million; not every applicant must qualify through investment if another criterion applies.
The entrepreneur programme is based on qualifying innovation or business conditions, not passive investment alone.
The portal publishes different foreign-national and Hong Kong/Macao procedures; the applicable mainland applicant category must be confirmed separately.
Preparation checklist
Confirm your nationality and legal-status category with the National Immigration Agency before relying on foreign-national visa instructions.
Obtain the checklist for the entry or residence category that actually applies to you from the responsible authority.
Only after eligibility is confirmed, prepare the required purpose-of-stay, identity and supporting documents.