Virus Outbreak: Foreign visitors to receive visa extensions: ministryCARROT AND STICK: A new program aims to encourage those who have overstayed their visas to turn themselves in before the NIA increases penalties and enforcementBy Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterForeign visitors who entered Taiwan before today would be granted automatic 30-day visa extensions, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. A few people wait at the passport office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Central Taiwan Office in Taichung yesterday. The bureau also referred to the Expanded Overstayers Voluntary Departure Program launched by the National Immigration Agency (NIA) on Friday. The masks for the South American ally were purchased by Taiwan’s representative office, not exported from Taiwan, it said. Foreign aid would only be provided after Taiwan meets its own needs for medical supplies amid the virus crisis, the ministry said, adding that it has asked judicial authorities to investigate the source of the misinformation.

Source: Taipei Times March 21, 2020 15:56 UTC