Foreign citizens who entered Taiwan before March 21, and have not overstayed, will be eligible to extend their stay for 30 days, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

The latest Taiwan’s government agreement came in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus pandemic, Visa Guide. World reports.

The decision will be valuable for all the travellers who obtain a visitor visa, a landing visa, or that went in Taiwan through a visa-waiver program. The application will not be required, while the total period of stay cannot exceed 180 days.

Besides, the National Immigration Agency announced the Expanded Overstayers Voluntary Departure Program.

Internationals who overstayed their legal stay will not be detained or receive an entry ban.

“To cope with this coronavirus, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) initiated the Expanded Overstayers Voluntary Departure Program, which starts from April 1 and ends on June 30 with a promotion period from March 20 to March 31, 2020,” General Director Chui Feng -Kuang, the head of the NIA, pointed out.

The General Director of NIA added that the main purpose of the program is to encourage overstayers to turn themselves in and the agency will also help them to return to their home nations.

The National Immigration Agency, together with the Central Epidemic Command Center and the Ministry of Labor, will promote the coronavirus disease control, in different ways, including service centres and immigrant counselling.

The agency also urged all international overstayers to turn themselves in during the planned period. The NIA also urged the public to pass on information to all overstayers.

Amid coronavirus outbreak, the country is facing with 306 cases of infected persons, while five persons have died.

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