How long does it take for exchange students to apply for permission to go to Taiwan and the Taiwan Affairs Office to approve documents to go to Taiwan?

The entry permit for exchange students and the approval for Taiwan Affairs Office of Taiwan Affairs Office shall be handled by universities on their behalf. The entry permit takes about 7- 10 days (depending on the speed of examination by the Immigration Department of Taiwan Province Province and the speed of receiving and dispatching logistics), and the Taiwan Affairs Office will go to Taiwan for examination and approval for about 20 days.

Under the guidance of colleges and universities, exchange students in Taiwan should first fill out the Application Form for Mainland Residents' Pass to and from Taiwan Province Province, which will be collected by colleges and universities on their behalf, and submit it to sister universities in Taiwan Province Province and the Taiwan Affairs Office. After confirmation, universities in Taiwan Province Province will apply to the immigration department of Taiwan Province Province, and the immigration department will issue a permit to enter Taiwan. At the same time, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council issued a red-headed document about being invited to Taiwan Province Province for academic and cultural exchanges. Exchange students to Taiwan should go to the exit-entry administration of the prefecture-level city where their household registration is located to apply for mainland residents' passes and Y-shaped endorsements (Y-shaped endorsements: being invited to go to Taiwan Province Province for economic, cultural, scientific, technological, sports, academic and other activities or attend meetings, cross-strait business negotiations, interviews, etc. ). Exchange students in Taiwan can buy air tickets with the ID number on the Pass for Mainland Residents to and from Taiwan, and go through the entry formalities in Taiwan with this ID card, Y-shaped endorsement attached to this ID card and entry permit.