Visa-Exempt Entry

Visitors holding the passports of the following countries may apply for Visa Exempt Entry. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the Netherlands(Holland), Norway, Portugal, Spain, Singapore, Sweden, U.K. , U.S.A. and Switzerland

Visitors holding the passports of the following countries may apply for Landing Visas. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the Netherlands (Holland), Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.A.

For more information about the Regulation of Visa-Exempt Entry and Landing Visa, please visit http://www.boca.gov.tw/~mayling/en/exempte.htm.

INFORMATION FOR VISAS ON FOREIGN PASSPORTS can be found at http://www.boca.gov.tw/~mayling/visafp.htm#english1.

Some of the most frequent questions and answers regarding visa application are available at http://www.boca.gov.tw/~mayling/en/q&a2e.htm.

Please note that visa application for PRC passport holders must be initiated by a local sponsor. COLING2002 Secretariat and Visa Assistance sub-committee will help PRC participants with the application formalities. Because the visa application process by visitors holding PRC passports takes up to Four(4) months, we strongly advise them to register and inform COLING Secretariat (e-mail: COLING02@sinica.edu.tw, Fax:+886-2-2783-2808) in the earliest time possible(as soon as the on-line registration system is available on April 11). Please note the following important date:

By May 15:Recommended date for PRC participants' registration(to allow for reasonable visa application time)

May 15: Deadline for PRC participant registration(We will NOT be able to assist with the application formalities after this deadline. Unless your visa is already guaranteed by other sponsors, you may register at the risk of not obtaining entry visa in time.)

Our secretariat will inform applicants that if their VISA application has been successful or not by August 10, 2002. If not successful, our refund procedure are as follows:

1. If we receive your notification to cancel the application before August 15, 2002, we will only charge NT$1000 as handling fees and the remaining amount will be refunded.

2. After August 15, 2002, the refund procedure follows our general cancellation policy (please refer to general information).