Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/10
By: Wang Cheng-chung and Christie Chen

Taipei, Aug. 10 (CNA) Taiwanese passport holders can now obtain visa waivers, landing visas or e-visas to 148 countries and territories as five more countries and one region recently granted Taiwan such preferential treatment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

India, Qatar and Ivory Coast have included Taiwan in their e-visa system; Iran and Armenia have granted Taiwan landing visa treatment; and Somaliland, a breakaway state in Somalia, has given Taiwan visa waiver status, the ministry said.

The ministry cautioned, however, that the Iranian government reserves the right to deny landing visas to travelers if they are carrying an an Israeli visa in their passports.