Annotated Republic of China Laws/Immigration Act

Immigration Act Republic of China (Taiwan) Law

History

1. The enacted Act with all 70 articles was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 8800119740 on May 21, 1999

   The Act was set to be effective since May 21, 1999 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-nei-zi No. 20932 on May 28, 1999

2. The amended Article 23 was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 09100108290 on May 29, 2002

   The amendment was set to be effective since May 31, 2002 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-nei-zi No. 0910034826 on July 5, 2002

3. The amended Articles 10, 23, 70 were promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 09100138640 on July 10, 2002, and went into effect on the date of promulgation
4. The amended Article 6 was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 9200017690 on February 6, 2003.
5. The amended Act with all 97 articles was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 09600174091 on December 26, 2007; the date of its effect was to be set by the Executive Yuan

   The amended Act was set to go into effect since August 1, 2008 by the Executive Yuan Order yuan-tai-zhi-zi No. 0970029826 on July 22, 2008

6. The amended Article 16 was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 09800015981 on January 23, 2009; the date of its effect was to be set by the Executive Yuan

   Article 16 amended and promulgated on 23 January, 2009 was issued by the Executive Yuan Order yaun-tai-zhi-zi No. 0980005093 on February 10, 2009, and went into effect on the date of the issuance

7. The announcement was made on December 26, 2014 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-gui-zi No. 1030158355. The relevant matters set out in Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 4, Paragraph 2 of Article 5, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of Article 6, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 7, Paragraph 1 of Article 8, Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 of Article 9, Paragraphs 1, 5, 7 of Article 10, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 11, Article 13, Paragraphs 1, 3 of Article 14, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Article 15, Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 of Article 16, Paragraph 2 of Article 17, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 18, Paragraph 1 of Article 19, Paragraph 1 of Article 20, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Article 21, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 22, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Article 23, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 24, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 of Article 25, Article 26, Paragraph 2 of Article 27, Paragraph 2 of Article 28, Article 30, Paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5 of Article 31, Article 32 , Article 33, Article 34, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Article 36, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 37, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 of Article 38, Article 39, Paragraph 1 of Article 47, Article 48, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 49, Paragraph 2 of Article 50, Paragraphs 1, 2, 3 of Article 55, Paragraphs 2, 4, 6, 7 of Article 56, Paragraphs 1, 2 of Article 59, Paragraph 1 of Article 63, Paragraph 1 of Article 64 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 65 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 66 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 67 , Article 68 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 69 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 70 ,Paragraph 1 of Article 71 ,Paragraphs 1, 4 of Article 72 , Subparagraphs 1, 2 of Paragraph 1 of Article 79 , Article 86, Article 88, Article 89, Article 90, Paragraph 1, Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 2, Paragraph 3 of Article 91, Article 92, Article 94 pertaining to “The Border Control and Immigration Agency” shall be handled by “The Immigration Agency” as governing body, effective January 2, 2015.
8. The amended Articles 15, 36-38 and 91 as well as Articles 38-1～38-9 are stipulated in the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 10400013351, promulgated on February 4, 2015; the effective date shall be set by the Executive Yuan.
9. The amended Article 16 was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 10500140101 on November 16, 2016; the effective date shall be set by the Executive Yuan.

   The amendment was set to be effective since December 1, 2016 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-nei-zi No. 1050047080 on December 1, 2016.

10. The amended Article 9, Article 10, Article 11, Article 13, Article 23, and Article 25, was promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 11000006101 on January 27, 2021; the effective date shall be set by the Executive Yuan.

    The amendment was set to be effective since January 28, 2022 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-fa-zi No. 1110002552 on January 28, 2022.

11. The amended Articles 4-8, 13-15, 17-22, 24, 26-28, 30-34, 36-39, 47-50, 55, 56, 59, 63-72, 79, 86, 88-92 and 94 were promulgated by the Presidential Decree hua-zong-yi-yi-zi No. 11100001051 on January 12, 2022; the effective date shall be set by the Executive Yuan.

    The amendment was set to be effective since January 28, 2022 by the Executive Yuan Order tai-fa-zi No. 1110002552 on January 28, 2022.