# South Africa passport to Taiwan (Chinese Taipei): Visa required

Current access classification: **Visa required** — Traditional visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Other directly modelled ordinary foreign passports require a Taiwan visitor visa** (Visa required)
  These ordinary foreign passports are outside BOCA's current exemption and nationality-wide eVisa lists, so Taiwan's Visa Statute requires a valid visa.
  - The default applies to a foreign passport or travel document recognized or accepted by ROC authorities; it does not establish stateless, refugee, emergency, temporary, diplomatic, official, service, residence, or other special-document treatment.
  - A short visit generally uses a visitor visa; its validity, entries, permitted stay, and documents depend on nationality, purpose, passport type, and individual circumstances.
  - Purpose-specific invitation, tour, event, and business eVisa routes are not treated as nationality-wide eVisa access.
  - MOFA and NIA retain document, security, public-order, purpose, support, health, criminal-history, and admission review.
  Official sources:
  - [Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Statute Governing the Issuance of ROC Visas in Foreign Passports](https://www.boca.gov.tw/cp-160-268-b9f2c-2.html)
  - [Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Enforcement Rules for the Issuance of ROC Visas to Foreign-Passport Holders](https://www.boca.gov.tw/fp-160-269-14e8b-2.html)
  - [Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs: General information on Taiwan eVisa applications](https://visawebapp.boca.gov.tw/BOCA_EVISA/MRV04FORM.do)
  - [National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior: Taiwan Arrival Card](https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141457/142068/398041/cp_news)
  - [National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior: Operation Directions for Entry Bans on Foreign Nationals](https://www.immigration.gov.tw/5475/5478/141478/141482/148796/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/south-africa-taiwan-chinese-taipei-visa)
- [South Africa passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/south-africa)
- [All passport requirements for Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)](https://multipassrank.com/destination/taiwan-chinese-taipei)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)