{"question":{"passport":"TWN","destination":"PRI","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Travel authorisation, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"eta","message":"Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (ESTA).","schemeName":"ESTA"},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"BIOMETRIC_PASSPORT","text":"The passport must be an electronic passport that is fraud-resistant and contains biographic and biometric information."},{"kind":"TRAVELLER_STATUS","text":"The traveller must not be a national of Iraq, Syria, a state-sponsor-of-terrorism country, or another DHS-designated country of concern, and must not have been present in those places on or after 1 March 2011 (subject to the statute's military, official-duty and waiver exceptions)."},{"kind":"TRAVELLER_STATUS","text":"Taiwan refers only to individuals who have unrestricted right of permanent abode on Taiwan and are in possession of an electronic passport bearing a personal identification (household registration) number."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"dhs-vwp-countries","url":"https://www.dhs.gov/visa-waiver-program","passage":"The Visa Waiver Program (VWP), administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in consultation with the Department of State, permits citizens of designated countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. … Taiwan‡\nNov. 1, 2012 … ‡ Taiwan refers only to individuals who have unrestricted right of permanent abode on Taiwan and are in possession of an electronic passport bearing a personal identification (household registration) number.§ The United Kingdom refers only to British citizens who have the unrestricted right of permanent abode in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man); it does not refer to British overseas citizens, British dependent territories' citizens, or citizens of British Commonwealth countries.","explanation":"Taiwan sits on the designated list only with the household-registration-and-e-passport qualifier, so the 90-day VWP stay is not available on every Taiwan passport. The list is the fact 8 CFR 217.2(a) does not print.","publisher":"An official website of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-20","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}