The latest guideline for home quarantine in Taiwan (Update at 2021/12/30)

All you need to know about entry to Taiwan in this article. You can find the notice from entry to arrive at the designated facility, quarantine care giving requirement and others protect quarantine measures in Taiwan. You can look up the answers about how to fill the Entry Quarantine System online. How to apply for a mobile SIM card ? Where could you book the quarantine hotel ? What about the airport shuttle? What is the price of taking the anti-epidemic taxi?

Contents

• ​The latest policies in response to influx of inbound travelers before Lunar New Year holiday.
• Three steps to follow for travelers returning to Taiwan between December 14, 2021 and February 14, 2022.
• What is the difference between home quarantine and self-health management?
• Up to NT$15,000, how to apply for a home quarantine subsidy?
• Taiwan Home Quarantine Affidavit
• What can I do when the family member needs to take care? 
• The fine violated the Communicable Disease Control Act.
• How can the traveler arrive at the quarantine facility? What is the price of anti-epidemic taxi?
• How to decide the place for quarantine?
• Quarantine Hotel Booking Area.

The latest policies in response to influx of inbound travelers before Lunar New Year holiday.

On November 11, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced a new program, under which arrivals can undergo a 7-day quarantine at a self-paid group quarantine facility or a quarantine hotel, spend the following 7 days quarantining at home, and then practice the 7-day self-health management. The new program will be in place from December 14, 2021 to February 14, 2022, and offers an additional option for travelers to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine. Details about the quarantine measures effective during the period (from December 14, 2021 to February 14, 2022) are listed below.

A. Program A: travelers will complete the 14-day quarantine at a quarantine hotel and practice an additional 7-day self-health management.

B. Program B: travelers will quarantine at a quarantine hotel for 10 days, spend the remaining 4 days quarantining at home, and then practice the 7-day self-health management.

• Arrivals: will quarantine at a quarantine hotel for the first 10 days (0-10th day), undergo an additional PCR test on the 9th or 10th day of quarantine. If their test result comes back negative, arrivals, on the 11th day, may take a quarantine taxi to return home to undergo quarantine during the remaining 4 days (the 11th-14th day after arrival). Arrivals must take a PCR test one day prior to the end of their quarantine period, and may be released from quarantine and continue to practice the 7-day self-health management if their test result is negative.
• During the last four days of quarantine at home, the principle of one person per residence should be observed, namely that only an individual subjected to quarantine can stay in the household.

However, if family members (not subjected to home quarantine) living with this individual and have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, they can be divided into one person per room within the same residence.

C. Program C: travelers will quarantine at a self-paid group quarantine facility or a quarantine hotel, spend the following 7 days quarantining at home, and then practice a 7-day self-health management. Accepted vaccines will be those approved under the WHO Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) or approved for emergency use or manufacture by Taiwan.

• Arrivals: must complete a two-dose series of a COVID-19 vaccine 14 days prior to arrival. Arrivals will quarantine at a self-paid group quarantine facility or a quarantine hotel for the first 7 days (0-7th day), and must undergo a PCR test one day prior to the end of their quarantine at the quarantine facility/quarantine hotel. If their test result comes back negative, arrivals may take a quarantine taxi the next day to return home to undergo quarantine during the remaining days (the 8th-14th day). Arrivals must take a self-paid rapid test using a home test kit on the 10th day and undergo a PCR test one day before the end of quarantine. Arrivals may be released from quarantine and continue to practice the 7-day self-health management if their test results are negative.
• During the last 7 days of quarantine at home, the principle of one person per residence should be observed, namely that only an individual subjected to quarantine can stay in the household. However, arrivals may choose to quarantine with family members (not subjected to home quarantine) living in the same household while following the rule of one person per room. Their family members should meet the following criteria and observe the rules listed below.

1. Family members must complete a two-dose series of a COVID-19 vaccine 14 days previously.
2. Family members (not subjected to home quarantine) sharing a residence with an individual subjected to quarantine must practice enhanced self-health management from the 8th to 14th day of the individual's quarantine period and observe self-health management from the 15th to 21st day. The local government will issue a self-health management notice.
3. Family members (not subjected to home quarantine) sharing a residence with an individual subjected to quarantine must take rapid tests using home test kits on the 10th day and 14th day of the individual's quarantine period.

Three steps to follow for travelers returning to Taiwan between December 14, 2021 and February 14, 2022

Step 1: Prepare required documents before the flight:

Travelers should prepare related documents required for the program they choose (Program A:Stay in a quarantine hotel for 14 days and practice 7 days of self-health management; Program B: 10 days in a quarantine hotel + 4 days at home for quarantine + 7 days of self-health management; Program C: Stay in a self-paid government quarantine facility or a quarantine hotel for the first 7 days, spend the remaining 7 days at home, and practice 7 days of self-health management) and a personal mobile phone with internet access. Regardless of which quarantine program they choose, all travelers must prepare a COVID-19 RT-PCR test report issued within two days prior to boarding and quarantine hotel reservation confirmation. Those who choose Program C will need to prepare proof of full vaccination in addition to the above-mentioned documents. Additionally, Travelers who choose Program B/C and will undergo home quarantine for the last four/seven days because the one person per room rule can be followed (everyone in the same household has to be fully vaccinated for 14 days) should have the name, ID number, phone number of everyone in the same household for the online declaration.

Step 2: Complete an online health declaration form before boarding:

Travelers should fill out an online health declaration form on the Quarantine System for Entry (https://hdhq.mohw.gov.tw/) within 48 hours prior to flight arrival in Taiwan. When checking in at an overseas airport, travelers should show their Departure Place Declaration Certificate on their mobile phone. Also, travelers should bring the above-mentioned documents or proof with them for inspection by the airline before boarding.

Step 3: Follow onsite instructions to clear customs after arrival:

After disembarking their flight, travelers should turn on their phone to receive a text message; travelers should present their online health/quarantine declaration certificate and the above-mentioned documents when going through customs. After their documents are inspected and they claim their baggage, travelers will be given a rapid test kit (only travelers choosing Programs A and C). Travelers will then take a deep-throat saliva test, after which, they should take a quarantine vehicle to their quarantine location as soon as possible for the 14-day quarantine.

What is the difference between home quarantine and self-health management ?

Value	Home Quarantine	Self-Health Management
People	All the incoming passengers should book the quarantine hotel or government quarantine facility during the quarantine period.	Complete the quarantine period People who had rapid test negative.
Limitation	Maximum could be fined 1 million and transferred to a government quarantine facility when people go outside with any reason during 14-days if quarantine people need to receive the certain medicine or go to the hospital should call 1922 before.	Reduce the time going outside, and must wear a medicine mask. Seek the medicine as the symptoms of Covid-19 prohibit. Record the body temperature daily. Reduce the time going outside, and must wear a medicine mask.​
Tracking	You will receive daily call from the chief of the village.	Record the body temperature daily.
Notice	Wash your hands frequently with soap, wear a mask, and not allow going outside. If you exhibit any symptom of Covid-19 please call 1922 and do not go to hospital by yourself.	Work from home and avoid the public gathering as possible. As the passenger prohibits the symptoms of Covid-19, contact 1922 immediately .
Breach the quarantine rules	Can be fined NT$100,000 to NT$1 million. Force to be transferred to a government quarantine facility. Can't apply any quarantine subsidy.	​Those who do not abide by the self-health management regulations are in violation of Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 1, Article 58 of the Communicable Disease Control Act, and a fine of between NT$10,000 and NT$150,000 may be imposed in accordance with Article 69 of the act.

Up to NT$15,000, how to apply for a home quarantine subsidy?

If you go abroad before March 17 2020, after completing the 14-day home quarantine, people who are citizen or hold a resident certificate, as long as you have not violated of quarantine isolation regulations and have not received wages or subsidies of a similar nature during quarantine, then you can apply for NT$1000/day quarantine subsidy, a total of NT$15,000, even newborn babies can apply for it ! You can apply online. 

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Taiwan Home Quarantine Affidavit

【What is home quarantine ?】

To prevent the Covid-19, starting from March 19 2020, all the incoming passengers are required to complete the Novel Coronavirus Health Declaration and Home Quarantine Notice and abide by home quarantine measures within 14 days after entering Taiwan.
The quarantine period should stay at the quarantine hotel or government quarantine facility.

Home Quarantine Notice
​（Resource from Taiwan Center for Disease Control )

【What quarantine regulations must travelers follow for COVID-19 prevention purposes before they board the flight to Taiwan?】

Regardless of their nationality (including R.O.C. nationals and foreign nationals with an Alien Residence Certificate) or travel purpose (for study, work, diplomatic affairs, etc.), travelers who arrive at an airport in Taiwan must present a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test report issued within 2 days prior to the flight schedule time to the airline staff, which will be calculated based on the "specimen collection date" instead of the test report date; the newly revised two-day period will be based on the incoming flight's scheduled departure time at the place of departure, that is, counting two calendar days backwards from the incoming flight's scheduled departure time (excluding the flight date). 

In response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Taiwan has established the  Quarantine System for Entry (referred to as the Entry Quarantine System). As long as you enter Taiwan from abroad, you can use your smartphone to make an online health declaration within 48 hours before your flight arrives in Taiwan and fill in your health status and travel history; this Entry Quarantine System can help speed up your customs clearance when entering the country.

【Taiwan to tighten health monitoring measures for people entering Taiwan via airport/port】

In response to spread of Delta variant globally, Taiwan to tighten health monitoring measures for people entering Taiwan via airport/port starting on July 2 2021.

• Arriving travelers who have visited key high-risk countries in the past 14 days, after they enter Taiwan via airport or port, will be required to quarantine in group quarantine facilities for 14 days, with accommodation fees paid by the government, and undergo PCR tests for COVID-19 upon checking in at group quarantine facilities and at the end of their quarantine period. Furthermore, such travelers will be required to take a rapid home test between the sixth day and seventh day of their self-health management period and to voluntarily report their test result via text message.
• Arriving travelers who have not visited key high-risk countries in the past 14 days will be required to take a deep-throat saliva test and a PCR test upon arrival at an airport or a port in Taiwan and to take a quarantine vehicle to a quarantine hotel or a group quarantine facility where they plan to complete quarantine at their own expense for the 14-day quarantine after taking the tests; such travelers shall also undergo a PCR test before the end of their quarantine (between the 12th and 14th day of the quarantine period) and take a rapid home test between the sixth day and seventh day of their self-health management period and to voluntarily report their test result via text message.
• All arriving travelers testing positive for COVID-19 will be subjected to genome sequencing.

Starting 00:00 on October 4 (time of arrival in Taiwan), health monitoring measures for people entering Taiwan via an airport/port have been adjusted. The original measure that required arriving travelers to take a rapid test using a home test kit between the 10th and 12th day of their quarantine period has been changed to a new rule that requires arrivals to do such a rapid home test between the sixth day and seventh day of their self-health management period and to voluntarily report their test result via text message.

【The process of home quarantine ?】

【What should the traveler do after getting off the airplane? What should they notice ?】

According to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced, all the incoming passengers should fill in COVID-19 health declaration and home quarantine notice before arrival in Taiwan. In response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Taiwan has established the Quarantine System for Entry (referred to as the Entry Quarantine System). All inbound travelers to Taiwan may use a smartphone to make an online health declaration on one's health status and travel history within 48 hours before flight arrival in Taiwan. Filling in the Entry Quarantine System beforehand can help speed up customs clearance when entering the country.
Resource: FAQs - Taiwan Centers for Disease Control 

【What should travelers need to notice while filling the Entry Quarantine System ? 】

• Apply for a Taiwan mobile phone number. (SIM card)
• Confirm the address of home quarantine. They are required to take the transportation services for quarantined persons to the hotel. Violators will be fined. Please register the transportation services at the taxi counter.

The  Entry Quarantine System can help speed up your customs clearance when entering the country. Therefore we recommend the inbound passengers are required to have a phone number of a telecom service provider in Taiwan (a SIM card can be purchased at the airport of arrival in Taiwan) as long as you enter Taiwan from abroad, you can use your smartphone to make an online health declaration within 48 hours before your flight arrives in Taiwan and fill in your health status and travel history. Turn on your phone after arriving in Taiwan, and an electronic health declaration receipt will be sent to your phone via text message. Go to the place where you should provide your quarantine notice, and show your health declaration receipt on your mobile phone for verification by the on-site personnel.

FAQ

How can I carry pets into or out of Taiwan?

As for submission of the required examination documents, and quarantine procedure for importing pets, please contact the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine at +886-3-3982663 for further information.

If the traveler doesn't have the phone number of a telecom service provider in Taiwan, could they fill in the Entry Quarantine System aboard in advance? 

You should use a Taiwan mobile phone number to make a health declaration and receive an electronic health declaration receipt. If you do not have a Taiwan mobile phone number, you can make your declaration with your roaming number at the place of departure (an overseas station of the airline company). Once you arrive in Taiwan, you will need to purchase a SIM card of a Taiwan telecom service provider at the airport of arrival and install it before entering the country.

Can the travelers share their phone ? 

In order to carry out digital tracking and follow-up care at the community level, inbound passengers are required to have a phone number of a telecom service provider in Taiwan (a SIM card can be purchased at the airport of arrival in Taiwan) and to use their personal mobile phone (1 person, 1 phone) to make the health declaration.

Why can't I receive the text messages? How to solve this problem?

If you have correctly completed the declaration form on the Entry Quarantine System, the system will not send a text message until you arrive in Taiwan. If you still cannot receive the text message after returning to Taiwan, you can follow the steps below to troubleshoot the problem:
1. Check the accuracy of personal information
(1) Check whether the passport number or travel document number on the Entry Quarantine System is consistent with the document number used when purchasing the flight ticket.
(2) Please reconfirm whether the mobile phone number entered into the Entry Quarantine System is correct before sending it.
(3) If your nationality is not the Republic of China (Taiwan), please click the "No Passport Click here" button for your ID card/resident certificate ID card No./ARC No. This will automatically fill in the field for your passport number.
2. SMS sending and receiving settings on you mobile phone
(1) Please make sure that your phone can normally make and receive calls or send and receive text messages. If your phone is set to airplane mode during the flight, please turn off airplane mode and restart your phone to send and receive text messages normally.
(2) Please check your phone's brand and model and whether it has a message filtering function; if you have a Huawei phone (call settings → menu → harassment interception) or a Xiaomi phone (security center → harassment interception → settings).
3. Please ask the airport quarantine personnel to use the troubleshooting function. After confirming your passport number, name, and other information, a text message will be sent to you.

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【How do I apply for mobile SIM card ? 】

Is there any other way besides getting a mobile SIM card at the airport?​

If you have relatives or friends in Taiwan, you can ask them to prepare a mobile SIM card for you in advance, and mail it to you, and that would save time for waiting in line.   
Taiwanese service providers provide eSIM card (virtual SIM card) service, scan QRcode after application, you can download and install the eSIM card on your phone. It's super convenient! After landing in Taiwan, go to "Settings" → ""Mobile Services" → "Add Action Plan" to complete the card exchange.   Application method: The five major Telecom Companies in Taiwan have eSIM card services. Currently, only Taiwan Star provides the "online application" service, however, prepaid cards are not supported, and there is a "pay as you go" plan; Chunghwa Telecom needs to be handled at the counter, can apply for a prepaid card, then you can ask your family to send the QRcode to you overseas. 
You may first check whether your "mobile phone" supports the function of the eSIM card. The mobile phones that currently support eSIM cards are iPhone XS、XR series、iPhone 11series、iPhone 12 series（operating system 12.1 or higher）、Google Pixel 2 flagship model.

I have been living abroad for a long time, and my Taiwan mobile phone SIM card has expired or has been disabled. What should I do?

You can apply for a new SIM card to a telecom service provider on site (near the place where you submit your quarantine notice), or apply to reactivate your SIM card.

What can I do when the family member needs to take care? The requirement of undergoing quarantine with your family in the same room.

Except from December 14, 2021 to February 14, 2022, according to strengthened quarantine measures, you and your family should undergo quarantine in a quarantine hotel or a group quarantine facility, but each of you should quarantine in a separate room with a separate bathroom (one person per room).

If you meet the requirements for undergoing quarantine with your family in the same room for caregiving reasons, you may quarantine in the same room with them. If you need to make such a request, you should submit your application to the local government.
The requirements for undergoing quarantine with family members for caregiving reasons:
(1) Children and teenagers (<18 years old).
(2) Individuals who are ≧65 years old and unable to take care of themselves.
(3) Individuals with physical or mental disabilities.
(4) Individuals with physical or mental incapacity.
(5) Individuals with serious injuries.
(6) Pregnant women who cannot take care of themselves during pregnancy as assessed by a doctor.
(7) Individuals unable to take care of themselves due to injuries or illnesses.
(8) Other conditions approved by the local government.

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The fine violated the Communicable Disease Control Act.

• According to Article 58 of Communicable Disease Control Act, any person who falsifies this notice will be fined ranging from NT 10,000 to 150,000.
• Those who fail to arrange a quarantine place will be fined NT$50,000 or more.
• Violators of home quarantine requirements will be fined ranging from NT 100,000 to 1,000,000.

How can the traveler arrive at the quarantine facility ? What is the price of anti-epidemic taxi ?

Starting 00:00 on August 27 (time of arrival in Taiwan), travelers arriving in Taiwan must take quarantine vehicles to their quarantine location, instead of driving their own vehicles, as COVID-19 infections continue to rise worldwide and the Delta variant continues to spread in more areas around the world.

【Anti-epidemic taxi and rental car fare】

Passengers entering from "key high-risk countries (India, Britain and Vietnam)" take the airport anti-epidemic taxi to the government quarantine facility without paying the fare.
The fare of short-distance passengers (referring to the taxi business area) who enter from "key high-risk countries" will be charged by the taximeter. The maximum payment for passengers is NT$1,000, and the government subsidizes the remaining money. 
The fare of long-distance passengers (referring to the area beyond the taxi business area) will be charged twice the fare of the high-speed rail fare. 
Resource: Civil Aeronautics Administration, MOTC

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How to decide the place for quarantine?

You can choose to stay at a quarantine hotel or a government quarantine facility (self-paid).

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