Pre-Arrival Incoming Guidebook
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NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY AY 2019 / 2020 EXCHANGE PROGRAM GUIDEBOOK PRE-ARRIVAL 02 VISA & FINANCE Visitor Visa? Resident Visa? How much money should I prepare? 06 ACCOMMODATION Can I apply for on-campus dormitory or any suggestions for off-campus housing? 10 COURSE SELECTION Getting Ready for the academic part of your exchange life in NTNU. 12 HEALTH EXAM & INSURANCE Reminders of your health check and insurance before coming to Taiwan. 14 MOBILE & PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION How to get to the uni from the airport? 18 OTHER INFO Climate, Time, and Power Standard 22 CHECKLIST 01 Visa and Finance Visa NOTE Make sure you will be able less than visa to stay in Taiwan with a 180 days extension Vistor valid visa BEFORE entering Visa Taiwan. Please note the more than Resident Ministry of Foreign Affairs 180 days Visa does not grant student visa; some visa choices are listed in this chapter. within 15 days Please contact the Taiwan (from the next day of arrival) diplomatic mission in your country/region for the most Resident Alien Resident up-to-date information on Visa Certificate visa, including application within 15 days procedures and required (from the next day of arrival) 02 documents, restrictions, etc. Visa Types Visitor Visa The Visitor Visa is recommended for students who stay for 1 semester or less to apply for. Please consult with a Taiwan diplomatic mission or visit Bureau of Consular Affairs’ website for information. You may need to apply for a Visitor Visa Extension at National Immigration Agency (NIA) if the duration of stay listed on your visa does not cover the full length of your exchange/visiting period. Overstaying your visa may result in fines. Please consult with National Immigration Agency. Bureau of Consular Affairs. Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.boca.gov.tw [email protected] +886 (0) 2 2343-2921 Resident Visa National Immigration Agency www.immigration.gov.tw The Resident Visa is recommended for students who stay for 1 academic year to apply for. [email protected] Please consult with a Taiwan diplomatic +886 (0) 2 2388-9393 mission or visit Bureau of Consular Affairs’ 0800-024-111 website for more information. (Information for foreigners You must apply for an Alien Resident Certificate 24 hours free service,) (ARC) at the National Immigration Agency No.15, Guangzhou St. Taipei within 15 days of entry into Taiwan with a MRT Xiaonanmen Stn Exit 2 Resident Visa. 03 If you don’t have an ARC, you must have an Finance ROC ID Number to open a bank account. To apply for an ROC ID Number, please refer to Opening a Bank Account National Immigration Agency’s website. Bring your passport and ARC to a local bank If you are under 20, you are not considered a and fill out all necessary forms; you can ask legal adult under the law in Taiwan. You will the bank teller for help. To open a bank need a letter of consent by your guardian in account, you have to deposit at least TWD Taiwan, or by an embassy-approved overseas 1,000. We strongly advise that you apply for a bank card, so you’ll be able to withdraw money legal guardian. It is often easier to solicit from ATMs at any time. parental or legal consent before you arrive. Using Credit Cards/Bank Cards Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) may be the most Before you leave for Taiwan, consult the bank in convenient location to exchange your home country whether you can use your credit cards/bank cards to withdraw money in foreign currencies into New Taiwan and what the transaction charges are. Taiwan Dollars (NTD), as most Taiwan is primarily a cash-preferred place so be banks in Taipei City accepts prepared with sufficient cash or have a card limited types of foreign that will allow you to take out cash from an currencies. Please check with the ATM. bank before heading over. Mobile Payment Digital wallets from Apple Pay and Google Pay to homegrown Japan’s Line Pay are now accepted day-by-day. Download the Apps and figure out more by yourselves. 04 Accommodation On-Campus Housing NOTE NTNU SCE offers housing to NTNU International Students Accommodation international students such as Please register in the Attendee Registration to apply for a visiting and exchange dormitory. students in Library Campus. We will make the arrangement according to your The facilities involve private registration order. bathroom, bed, desk, closet, The applicants need to prepare bedding and personal air-conditioner, hot shower, toiletries such as pillow, blanket, bed quilt, bed cover, and free wifi in public area. shower gel, towel, toothpaste and toothbrush. Also, the Room Type : students need to take care of the room cleaning by Standard Room-3 beds themselves. Price : NTD 40,000 Males and Females are housed separately in different /person/semester rooms. Students cannot choose their roommates. *The cost of water and We do not provide accommodation for couples or families. electricity are included. Guests are not allowed to stay overnight. Contact Person : Ms. Wang Please note that NTNU SCE reserves the rights to adjust [email protected] the room or bed to assure the reasonable usage, and the Earliest Check-in Time : students are expected to agree on the change. September 2, 2019 3 p.m. If the students arrive earlier, leave later or stay at the Latest Check-out Time : dormitory in winter and summer vacation, they will be January 12, 2020 11 a.m.. charged based on the price list of NTNU SCE. 06 Short-Term Housing Off-Campus Housing NTNU Guesthouse General Information No. 129, Section 1, Heping E. Road, Taipei City We recommend students looking for housing in +886-2-26328420 Taipei to see the house in person, and to obtain http://www.sce.ntnu.edu.tw/home/en/accom sufficient information from the landlord regarding modation/ the neighborhood before signing leases. For those visiting Taiwan for the first time, it is Eight Elephants Hotel, Shida advised that you temporarily stay at the NTNU 1F, No. 6, Alley 4, Lane 48, Jinjiang Street, Hostel/Guest House or a hotel (please refer to the “Short‐Term Housing”), and take your time in Zhongzheng District, Taipei City finding suitable housing. +886-2-2368-0301 NTNU is located in the Daan District of Taipei http://www.eehostel.com/ City, so students should look for housing around the Daan District, New Taipei City’s Yonghe World Scholar House District, Zhonghe District, or Xindian District. 2F, No. 15, Alley 1, Lane 75, Sec. 2, Zhonghua Alternatively, students can base their location Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City around the MRT Guting Station and search for +886-2-2371-5171 housing along the route of the MRT. In general, there are two types of housing for rent: http://www.worldscholarhouse.com/rooms.html individual suites and shared housing. Individual suites have their own bathrooms and utility bills, Howard Civil Service International House while in shared housing, several people share a No. 30, Sec. 3, Xinsheng South Road, Taipei bathroom and utility bill. Rent usually does not +886-2-7712-2323 cover utilities, and leases usually last for six http://www.howard-hotels.com.tw/civil- months to a year. Many apartments near the service/home/ university offer leases for six months or the length of a semester, with security deposits Taipei Teachers' Hostel amounting to one to three months’ rent. Details vary depending on the specific case. No. 15, Nanhai Road, Taipei City +886-2-2341-0161 http://www.tth.url.tw/ Hsiu Chi House No. 16-1, Siyuan Road, Zhongzheng District, +886-2-2363-1066 07 http://hsiuchi.prince.com.tw/ Safety and Security Security should be the utmost priority, not Renting Safety pricing. There is a higher chance of robbery in the ground floor – if you decide to live on the Be aware of misleading or false ground floor, make sure windows and doors are advertisements and landlords. strong and ask the landlord to provide iron Ask fellow classmates, friends or professors grates for both windows and doors. who have experience for housing When moving in, change the locks for the front recommendations, or ask them to help you and back doors. It is recommended that you find housing. install deadbolt locks. When viewing a potential space, bring along When signing the lease, make sure you are family members, friends, or classmates. If aware of your rights and responsibilities as a going alone, make sure doors are always tenant (i.e. method of payment, as well as open, especially the front door. designated party that pays utility bills, telephone Before signing the lease, make sure you are bills, repair bills, parking rental, management well informed of the neighborhood, safety fee, etc. should all be clearly stated in the situation, and habits of previous tenants. Be lease). sure to be aware of the landlord’s morality. Rooftop add‐ons may be cheap, but safety and Be sure to visit the house both in the day and health issues (these spaces are especially hot at night. Make sure the location is not too in the summer) make them a bad option. deserted, and that there is adequate lighting Make sure to consider transportation details as on the streets. well as whether or not the space is comfortable. Living Safety Treat your neighbors well during your stay – watch out for each other, and if you are close with them, keep a spare key with them. Get in the habit of always closing and locking doors so that burglars won’t seize the opportunity to rob your house.