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Taiwan passport

Rank #34 · Strength 152 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 69.7

Taiwan passport

Citizens of Taiwan can reach 152 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 112 visa-free, 24 visa on arrival and 16 eTA. Ranked #34 for passport strength worldwide.

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112Visa-free
24Visa on arrival
16eTA
48e-⁠Visa
47Visa required

Taiwan passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 66% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 11 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Australia require an eTA. Beyond those 152 destinations, 48 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 47 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (112)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Austria Belgium Belize Bermuda Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guatemala Guernsey Guinea-Bissau Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Japan Jersey Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mayotte Micronesia Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Caledonia Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Norway Palau Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu United States Minor Outlying Islands Vanuatu Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (24)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde China Comoros Ethiopia Gambia Indonesia Jamaica Jordan Laos Macao Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mauritius Nepal Pitcairn Islands Qatar Rwanda Tanzania Timor-Leste

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (16)

Australia Canada Guam Hong Kong Israel Kenya New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Philippines Puerto Rico Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Suriname United Kingdom United States United States Virgin Islands

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (48)

Angola Armenia Bahamas Barbados Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea India Iran Iraq Liberia Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Nigeria Oman Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Sudan Syria Tajikistan Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

Visa required (47)

Afghanistan Algeria Argentina Azerbaijan Belarus Bolivia Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Central African Republic Colombia Congo Eritrea Georgia Grenada Guyana Kazakhstan Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Lesotho Libya Mali Mexico Morocco Namibia Nauru Nicaragua Niger North Korea Pakistan Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Africa Sri Lanka Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uruguay Uzbekistan Western Sahara Yemen

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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