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Old Posted Sep 19, 2023, 11:32 AM
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Quixote, do you have videos of how visitors are received by Taiwanese immigration authorities at Taoyuan International Airport?

Could you stratify the videos by nationalities for which a visa is required versus those that are visa-exempt?

Selective approaches, in which there is a need for searching as they are done, would there be these videos too? For example, taking the visitor to a reserved room for more questions than usual (Which could require some knowledge of Mandarin and/or English).

There are countries where the visa is obtained at the country's own airport, causing insecurity for the visitor, thankfully this does not apply to Taiwan.

We know that police in any country can arrest transgressing foreign citizens in accordance with local laws and that laws may be different in other countries, not resulting in detention. Ex: countries that decriminalize drugs vs countries that criminalize drugs, countries that require burkas for women vs countries that do not require burkas for women, etc. After detention, countries can deport them to the passenger's country of origin, in accordance with bilateral agreements or keep the passenger detained for trial.

Many visitors are unaware of the laws, procedures and inspection areas of the authorities and there are cases of need to contact the consulate of the country of origin, in case of arrest. We know that 99% of cases the authorities are correct, but there is the 1% of cases where an innocent citizen can be detained, which no one wants to happen anywhere in the world unless the country is a pariah or is in war.

We know that in the case of Taiwan, as you said, there are possibilities that procedures will be changed, given the country's own situation with the CCP's hostilities, which were lower during the period of Hu Jintao and Jiang Zemin.

And all these procedures are perfectly normal, but we know that for a visitor it is always good to have all the information available, even to speed up entry into the country, whether to study, to visit for tourism, to work, to reside, everything in accordance with local laws.

I would be grateful if you could share such videos of foreigners arriving at Taipei airport, not considering the sea route, which is another possibility.
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