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<h1>New Practice of ROC Visa Application for Foreign Visitors Effective April 9, 2012</h1>
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<p><B>Post Date:2012/4/2
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To enhance the efficiency of processing visa applications, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is going to revise its visa application form and procedures. In the future, visa applicants need first to access the website: <a href="https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw">https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw</a>, fill out the visa application forms online and print them out. The completed forms and other required documents ought to be submitted to MOFA or ROC’s overseas missions. This practice will become effective from April 9, 2012.  From the specified effective date onward, only application forms filled out and printed online with a bar code will be acceptable to this office.
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