Required funds to demonstrate for the Taiwan Working Holiday Visa

Written by Volare | June 4, 2026

When organizing your exchange experience in Asia, financial planning is a fundamental pillar to ensure the success of your application. Below, we detail the official amounts demanded and the documentation required to accredit your economic solvency according to the regulations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BOCA).

Required amounts by nationality

The formalization of the procedure requires the applicant to accredit the possession of a minimum financial threshold to support their initial maintenance expenses. This condition applies uniformly to all citizenships, varying only in the currency and amounts stipulated by each reciprocity agreement:

• Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, South Korea, Slovakia, France, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic: NT$ 100,000 (or equivalent) plus return ticket or funds to acquire it.

• Canada: CAD 2,500 plus return ticket or funds to acquire it.

• Ireland: € 2,500 (with return ticket) or € 4,000 (without return ticket).

• Luxembourg: € 2,500 plus return ticket or funds to acquire it.

• United Kingdom: £ 1,600 (with return ticket) or £ 2,200 (without return ticket).

• Israel (Yellow color): Paused. Indefinitely or with a resumption date (Official amount dictated by the agreement: NT$ 100,000 plus return ticket or funds to acquire it).

On a technical level, cases like Ireland and the United Kingdom explicitly breakdown differentiated amounts in their official tables depending on the ticket condition. For the specific case of Israel, the program is classified under the yellow color, which indicates that it is paused: indefinitely or with a resumption date. This differentiates its operational reality from the rest of the agreements and makes it impossible to initiate new consular procedures at this time.

How to officially demonstrate these funds

The formal mechanism to accredit financial sufficiency requires the applicant to attach to their file an original bank deposit certificate or an updated bank statement, officially issued by the banking entity. This document must be under the exclusive ownership of the applicant and have a short validity (generally no more than 30 days before the appointment). Alternatively, the presentation of traveler's checks for the total stipulated value is accepted.

Being a personal fund for initial subsistence, the delivery of third-party bank statements or family sponsorship letters is not allowed. Complying with the protocols of this organizational planning and ensuring financial demonstration will guarantee a smooth transition towards obtaining temporary residence, allowing you to materialize your insertion into the dynamic seasonal labor market and plan your participation in the diverse short-term academic offer of the region.

Furthermore, it is a mandatory transversal requirement for all nationalities to evidence in the file the possession of a flight ticket to leave the territory, or else, to present the financial documentation that irrefutably demonstrates the possession of exclusive additional funds for its future purchase.

To ensure you have the appropriate support and the most detailed information at every step of your application, we recommend consulting the complete guide on Volare's Taiwan Working Holiday Visa (WHV).