Effective 1 December 2020 all travelers must have a medical certificate with a Coronavirus(COVID-19) RT- PCR test result issued at most 3 working days prior to boarding. If the travelers cannot present a COVID-19 RT-PCR test result, but meet the following four conditions, they shall be exempt from penalties; such four conditions are applicable to Taiwan nationals, foreign nationals holding Alien Residence Certificates (ARC) , and persons from Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China who hold an ARC.
Travelers meeting one of the following conditions are exempted from the penalty:
1. Emergency Situations: -
(1)Returning home for the funeral for a relative within the second degree of kinship.
(2)Visiting a relative within the second degree of kinship who is gravely ill.
(3)Special emergency medical care program approved by the competent authority.
2. The traveler is traveling to Taiwan from a place of departure which has been announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) as a country/region where COVID-19 RT-PCR test reports cannot be obtained.
3. The traveler has applied for a special agency program and received the approval of CECC: the traveler must apply such program for necessary and short-term official business or business affairs, and must take preventive measures while overseas.
4. Other persons announced by the CECC:
1) Travelers who have departed from Taiwan and returned within 3 days.
(2) Infants and children aged 0-6 years old (under 7 years old).
(3) Travelers who provide an overdue RT-PCR test report due to a flight cancellation.
(4) Persons who accompany travelers in emergency situations.
In addition, foreigners without an ARC must have a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result prior to boarding. However, they could be exempted from providing such COVID-19 RT-PCR test result prior to boarding and take a self-paid RT-PCR test upon arrival if they encounter Emergency Situations mentioned at above 1.
The required documents for aforementioned conditions include:
1. The traveler must personally sign an "Entry quarantine affidavit for a traveler who is unable to present a COVID-19 RT-PCR test report prior to boarding".
2. Emergency situations: the traveler must provide document verifying the death of a relative within the second degree of kinship, notice of critical illness, or certificate of diagnosis, etc.
3. Persons approved under an agency program: the traveler must provide a verifying information such as a letter of approval.
4. Other persons announced by the CECC: the traveler must provide verifying information and relevant documents such as the recent exit/entry record.
For more information regarding the entry quarantine application procedures, please refer to “Entry quarantine application procedures for travelers who cannot present COVID-19 RT-PCR test reports prior to boarding” and other relevant documents below.
