Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Which countries can use the egate on arrival, and is it any egate or are they specially marked? Is any pre registration required or you just scan your passport?
For the longest time I thought you were somehow related to BOCA (Taiwan's Bureau of Consular Affairs), but given the question I guess my assumption was way off
Citizens (who are not resident of Taiwan) of US, AU, DE, SG, KR, and IT can enroll for e-gates (
https://egate.immigration.gov.tw/ega...nd/home/select). All use of e-gates for arrival require pre-registration. Given the use of e-gates by these foreign passport holders predates the 3rd/4th generation of e-gates, I assume they can use all e-gates just like TW citizens. Although personally I'd stick to the newer e-gates (the ones with a much bigger screen) as the old ones have really bad facial recognition.
Originally Posted by
Majuki
This appears to have changed recently, at least at TPE:
Possibly as I usually use my TW passport when entering Taiwan, so don't really have much information about use with foreign passports. However, the most recent update on the NIA website (
https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/...366038/cp_news) still says only citizens from the six countries (with US citizens limited to those with GE) can use e-gates for arrival with prior enrollments, and self-enrollment is limited to TW passport or ARC holders. Although I certainly won't be surprised if the government says one thing while doing another...