Changing visas
I am currently in Bangkok and went to get a Taiwanese visa today. The process of getting the visa was fairly simple and hassle free. The last time I had a Taiwanese visa was in 2002 (also issued in Bangkok coincidentally). Although I have been in Taiwan a few times in the interim period, I only got the visa free entry stamp at the airport. Anyway it is interesting to compare the 2002 visa with the 2006 version.
On the 2002 visa the word Taiwan, or even Taipei, doesn’t appear anywhere (in Chinese or English). There is only “Republic of China” and “ROC”.
The 2006 visa is quite a contrast. At the top of the visa it says “Republic of China (Taiwan)“. Although Taiwan is in brackets it is actually written in a larger font size. In the background there are two images of Taipei 101 and a map of Taiwan. There are also the words “Welcome to Taiwan” and “Taipei 101 – the tallest building in the world”.
It is actually difficult to figure out what country the 2002 visa is from or to easily confuse it with China (the PRC). There are no such doubts in 2006.
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Posted: April 20th, 2006 under Taiwan, Teaching English.
Comment from J-Hong
Time 22 April 2006 at 9:15 pm
I personally hope the Visa will say
” Taiwan ” solo,
Which country name contains “( )” ?
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