Regulations on the Authorization and Management of Overseas Employment of Foreign Crew Members Article 32

For any foreign crew member that enters the Republic of China with a fishing vessel, the concerned distant water fisheries operator shall apply to the Border Affairs Corps of the National Immigration Agency, Ministry of the Interior, located at the port that the fishing vessel enters, for the temporary entry permit of such crew member.Where the foreign crew member that enters the Republic of China with the temporary entry permit as referred to in the preceding paragraph needs to stay in the Republic of China beyond the permitted duration of stay, the concerned distant water fisheries operator shall, before the expiry of the temporary entry permit, apply to the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a visitor visa.