Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/20
By: Claudia Liu and Elizabeth Hsu
Taipei, Dec. 20 (CNA) The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Wednesday that from
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next year, it will streamline the process for Chinese nationals traveling via the “three mini links,” between mainland China and Taiwan’s two offshore counties.
Starting Jan. 1 next year, the NIA said, Chinese nationals holding a permit for travel to Taiwan from Fujian Province in China will no longer be required to present a so-called G note detailing the date and purpose of their travel, once they are arriving in Kinmen or Lienchiang (Matsu), two island counties under Taiwan’s administration.
In addition, the time to review applications by Chinese citizens to visit via the three mini links for artistic, cultural or business purposes will be reduced from five to three days, the NIA said. [FULL STORY]