Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

 
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Home The News News Ukrainians granted stays with family in Taiwan

Ukrainians granted stays with family in Taiwan


Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu and Polish Office in Taipei Director Cyryl Kozaczewski display a sign after a news conference on humanitarian aid for Ukraine in Taipei on March 7.
Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday said that it has approved the visas of 19 Ukrainians wishing to visit relatives in Taiwan under a special waiver program launched last month.

Taiwan on March 11 launched the program offering certain Ukrainian nationals visas of between 30 days and six months to assist Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion.

About 4.5 million refugees have fled the invasion, the UN has said.

The ministry as of yesterday has granted visa applications to 19 Ukrainian relatives of Taiwanese or foreigners with local residency, Bureau of Consular Affairs director-general Chou Chung-hsiung (周中興) said.

The applications were filed at Taiwan’s representative offices in Poland, Latvia, Turkey and other countries near Ukraine, he added.

An additional 47 Ukrainians have been granted business visas, Chou said.

More than 200 Ukrainians hold residency in Taiwan.

The government also said last month that it was considering allowing Ukrainian students and researchers to stay in Taiwan temporarily.

Academia Sinica launched a scholarship program for Ukrainian students and researchers last month.

Academia Sinica had as of April 16 approved 12 out of 165 Ukrainian scholarship applications for undergraduate, master’s and doctorate degrees.

Some of the students have arrived in Taiwan, the institute said.

Academia Sinica is also in the process of selecting 15 academics from among 42 applicants to study under the same program, it said.


Source: Taipei Times - 2022/04/22



Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites
Reddit! Del.icio.us! Mixx! Google! Live! Facebook! StumbleUpon! Facebook! Twitter!  
 

Newsflash


A J-31 stealth aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force lands on a runway after flying at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Nov. 11, last year.
Photo: Reuters

China’s massive military modernization program is dominated by preparations for a conflict with Taiwan and the possibility of US intervention, a Pentagon report said on Friday.

The report, which was issued in Washington, said that Beijing is ready to conduct missile attacks and precision strikes against the nation’s air defense systems, air bases, radar sites, missile silos, space assets and communications facilities.