Passport of Republic of China (Taiwan) issued to ROC citizens
Not to be confused with Thai passport or People's Republic of China passport.
Republic of China (Taiwan) passport 中華民國護照
A front cover for the current, 11 January 2021 version of Taiwan's biometric passport
Data page of a second generation biometric passport
Type
Passport
Issued by
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan)
First issued
1912 (first version; Beiyang Government) 1929 (booklet) 1949 (Free Area of the ROC) January 1995 (machine-readable passport) 29 December 2008 (first biometric passport) December 2017 (second biometric passport) 11 January 2021 (current version)
Purpose
Identification
Valid in
Free area of the Republic of China (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)
Eligibility
Nationality law of Republic of China
Expiration
3–10 years
Cost
NT$900–1,300
The Republic of China (Taiwan) passport (Chinese: 中華民國護照; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó hùzhào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiong-hûa Bîn-kok hō͘-chiàu)[1][2][3][4] is the passport issued to nationals of the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan). The ROC passport is also generally referred to as a Taiwanese passport. In September 2020, approximately 60.87 percent of Taiwanese citizens possessed a valid passport.[5] All passports published in Taiwan since 2008 have been biometric.
The validity and international recognition of Taiwan passport are complicated due to the current political status of Taiwan as well as the history of the Republic of China since the country had once controlled the territories of today's People's Republic of China (PRC) and Mongolia. In the past, all ethnic Chinese, Mongols, and Taiwanese were considered to be eligible for the passport. However, legal reforms in the 1990s and 2000s greatly reduced the ease by which further grants of nationality were made to overseas Chinese and Mongolian, and restricted citizenship rights only to those with household registration in Taiwan.[6] Currently, certain overseas Chinese, Mongolian, and Taiwanese may be eligible for a ROC passport under certain conditions, but do not have household registration in Taiwan (i.e. they are "nationals without household registration", or "NWOHR"), and thus do not enjoy the right of abode in Taiwan.[a][7] Countries granting visa-free privileges to Taiwan passport holders often require a Taiwanese National ID number imprinted on the passport's biodata page, which signifies the holder's right of abode in Taiwan.
The Republic of China (Taiwan) 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. As of September 2020, holders of ordinary Republic of China passports (for ROC nationals with Taiwan area household registration who therefore possess right of abode in Taiwan and also the right to obtain a National Identity Card) had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 150 countries and territories, with 20 additional countries granting electronic visas,[5] ranking the Republic of China (Taiwan) passport 32nd in the world in terms of freedom of travel (tied with the Mauritius and St. Vincent and the Grenadines passports), according to the Henley Passport Index 2020.[8][9][10]
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