• Location:Taiwan
• Date: 2021/12/15
• Update Date:2021/12/28
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Q1: I oversteryed. How do I sign up for Covid-19 Vaccination?

A: For overstayers, (foreign nationals, Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong/Macao Residents, Taiwan national without household registration) please refer to the following procedures : 

1. No valid identification document: sign up for vaccination at listed NGOs nearby. (See list of NGOs at https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7229/7238/288156/  or contact the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference, Chinese Muslim Association, R.O.C. Community Sustainable Development Association) After sign-up, receive notification of vaccination time and place from NGOs. Vaccination will be free. On date of vaccination, bring passport, ARC, or other identification documents to designated vaccination sites (clinics, hospitals, or other vaccination sites designated by local government) according to notification.    

2. With valid identification document: Contact designated vaccination sites (clinics, hospitals, or other vaccination sites designated by local government) with ARC, National Health Insurance card, passport for vaccination. Vaccination will be free.

Q2: What does it mean that “name list of vaccination won’t become legal ground of immigration investigation”?

A: This means the vaccination name list (collected by NGOs or the Labor Development Agency) will not become the legal source of inspection or investigation conducted by the National Immigration Agency. Name list will be kept by clinics, hospitals only as medical records. Please feel safe to receive vaccination to protect own health. 

Q3: What does it mean “won’t be banned”?

A: After 1st dose vaccination, those who voluntarily surrender themselves to the National Immigration Agency and depart from Taiwan within 6 months after regular international flights resume to their destination countries, will be relieved from entry ban to Taiwan.

Q4: The date of Carefree Covid-19 Vaccination Program period is December 3, 2021 to January 31, 2022. Is it likely to be extended? 

A: The program follows instructions by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC). Program date is from December 3, 2021 to January 31, 2022. Amendment of program period may be made according to CECC’s disease control policy. For latest update, please refer to announcement from the National Immigration Agency.

Q5: If my only identification document (passport, ARC) is expired and lost, am I still eligible for vaccination? 

A: Yes. Please contact NGOs to provide personal information; NGO will consult with the National Immigration Agency (NIA) regarding the correctness of information provided. The NIA will make confirmation and will issue Unified ID number to those who have not yet obtained such ID. With the Unified ID and notification from NGO, one may go to designated vaccination sites (clinics, hospitals, or other vaccination sites designated by local government) to receive vaccination. 

Q6: How NGOs can help in terms of assisting overstayers to sign up for vaccination? 

A: NGOs are welcome to help overstayers by connecting them to listed NGOs that provide vaccination sign-up service, such as Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference, Chinese Muslim Association, R.O.C. Community Sustainable Development Association or any other listed NGOs (see https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7229/7238/288156/ ) Any NGO that wishes to be listed, please provide contact window to the Labor Development Agency or the National Immigration Agency. 

Q7: Can Overstayers get vaccination from vaccination sites without signing up through NGOs?  

A: Yes. Vaccination sites will collect personal information from overstayers, and consult with the National Immigration Agency (NIA) regarding the correctness of information provided. The NIA will make confirmation and will issue Unified ID number to those who have not yet obtained such ID. This means waiting time for such process can be long. To save time, it is recommended to sign up for vaccination through listed NGOs, such as the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference, Chinese Muslim Association, R.O.C. Community Sustainable Development Association.(See listed NGOs https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5385/7229/7238/288156/ )    

Q8: Is there translation service at vaccination sites? 

A: Vaccination sites do not provide translation service. The National Immigration Agency will assist with phone/on-site translation to those sites that have such needs. One may also call 1955 hotline of Ministry of Labor to request for phone translation service.

Q9: Where can I see information about the Carefree Vaccination Covid-19 Program? 

A: Check the National Immigration Agency (NIA) website (http://www.immigration.gov.tw/) or contact local NIA brigades, service centers. Or call 1955 hotline of Ministry of Labor for information in English, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Cambodian, and other languages. 

Q10: What does it mean “won’t be seized”?

A: It means personal information provided by overstayers will only be used to delivery vaccination and issue vaccination record card (yellow card). Such information will not be used as legal source of inspection or investigation conducted by the National Immigration Agency or other law enforcement agencies. Vaccination sites will not report overstayers. All law enforcement agencies will not conduct inspection or investigation in the neighborhood area of vaccination sites. However, law enforcement agency will perform official duty as usual elsewhere.