Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Taiwan: TAC or visitor visa from India

What the Taiwan checklist asks for

• TAC: an eligible visa or residence permit, or a previous ROC visa or residence, entered on the National Immigration Agency’s online application.
• TAC: an onward or return air or ferry ticket, which the NIA makes a condition.
• TAC: a trip of no more than 14 days per stay.
• Visitor visa: an application at TECC New Delhi (weekday mornings) or TECC Chennai.
• Visitor visa: a return ticket or itinerary and accommodation details, which are commonly requested.

Two routes: TAC or visitor visa

If you hold, or recently held, certain visas, Taiwan’s Travel Authorization Certificate is the easier route. It is free, applied for online with the National Immigration Agency, and open to Indian nationals with a previous ROC visa or residence, or a valid or recently expired visa or residence permit of countries such as the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea or a Schengen state. It is valid for 90 days, allows multiple entries, and permits 14 days per stay.

Older pages still say 30 days per stay; the current figure is 14. Everyone else applies for a visitor visa at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), which handles Taiwan’s visas in India.

The TAC ticket condition

The National Immigration Agency lists the condition plainly: “The applicant must possess an onward/return air or ferry ticket.” A held reservation is not a ticket, so it does not meet this condition. Buy your return or onward ticket before you travel and keep it with your TAC.

Airlines check rules like this at check-in, so a passenger on a TAC with only a one-way ticket can be refused boarding in India before Taiwan’s immigration ever sees them. Check the 14-day limit against your dates as well: if your plan is longer, you need a visitor visa instead.

Applying for a visitor visa at TECC

TECC New Delhi is at 34 Paschimi Marg, Vasant Vihar, and takes submissions Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 11:00. There is also a TECC in Chennai. The visitor visa fee is reported as NT$1,600 for single entry and NT$3,200 for multiple entry; confirm the current amount with TECC.

A return ticket or itinerary is commonly requested for the visitor visa, along with accommodation details, though we could not confirm the official wording. A held reservation suits this route: order it on the morning you submit at TECC, or the evening before at most, and check the names and dates before the 09:00 to 11:00 window.

Getting to Taipei from India

We could not confirm a non-stop India to Taipei service for 2026, so plan on one stop. Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur are the usual connecting points. Taiwan also pairs well with Japan, South Korea or Hong Kong; if you combine them, each has its own entry rules, and the TAC limit of 14 days applies to every stay.

Use one reservation for the whole route, so the dates you give TECC match the flights you eventually take. On a TAC, make sure each entry into Taiwan is followed by a departure within 14 days, and that the ticket you buy shows that departure clearly.

Flying from India to Taiwan

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Taiwan application

• Planning 30 days on a TAC. The stay is now 14 days per entry; older pages say 30.
• Flying on a TAC without an onward or return ticket. The NIA makes it a condition, and airlines check it.
• Treating a held reservation as the TAC ticket. A reservation is not a ticket.
• Arriving at TECC New Delhi in the afternoon. Submissions are taken 09:00 to 11:00 on weekdays.
• Assuming an expired US or UK visa still qualifies for a TAC without checking how recently it expired.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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