Taiwan's government is considering allowing Ukrainian students and scholars to enter Taiwan for temporary stays, as part of the government's ongoing efforts to assist #Ukraine, said #Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. focustaiwan.tw/politics/20220…
Wu said due to the lack of a comprehensive Refugee Act, Taiwan's government could not take in a large number of Ukrainian refugees at once, but was still considering other options to take in Ukrainian nationals who want to come to Taiwan.
Wu referred to a special visa which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) had announced on March 11 that Ukrainian nationals could apply for to travel to Taiwan if they had relatives in the country who were either Taiwan nationals or held local residency.
The application for the visitation visa, which usually allows a stay of 30 days to six months, can be made at Taiwan's embassies or representative offices aboard, or online through the Bureau of Consular Affairs' website.
The ministry is also in talks with the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education on offering a special visa to Ukrainian students and scholars to enable them to enter the country, Wu said, adding that a final decision will be announced soon once finalized.
Meanwhile, Wu also announced that the ministry will send the first batch of supplies donated by Taiwanese nationals to Ukraine Thursday.
The supplies will be sent to Slovakia by air where its government will help to distribute the supplies to Ukraine refugees who have settled there.
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