Japan Digital nomad visa vs Taiwan Digital nomad visa

The stay is six months with no extension, and you must wait six months before applying for the same status again.

Immigration Services Agency of Japan

The initial stay is 6 months; it can be extended 6 months at a time up to 2 years in total.

Bureau of Consular AffairsTalent Taiwan

Remote work for foreign employers or clients only; no local employment.

Remote work for employers or clients outside Taiwan; work for domestic employers is not allowed.

• $50

  Single-entry visitor visa fee for applications made overseas (paid in NT dollars, NT$1,600, for applications made in Taiwan).

• $100

  Multiple-entry visitor visa fee for applications made overseas (NT$3,200 for applications made in Taiwan).

Apply at a Taiwan overseas mission. If you are already in Taiwan on visa-exempt entry or a non-extendable visitor visa, apply to the Bureau of Consular Affairs or a Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Taiwan at least 10 working days before your stay ends.

Bureau of Consular Affairs

• More than 90 days (taxable year)

Non-permanent residents are taxed in Japan on Japan-source income and on foreign-source income paid in or remitted to Japan; foreign-source income paid and kept abroad is outside the Japanese tax base.

Taiwan's regular income tax covers income from sources in the R.O.C.; income from outside Taiwan is excluded from consolidated gross income but is added to 'basic income' when a filing unit's overseas income is NT$1,000,000 or more, and the Income Basic Tax is 20% of basic income above NT$7,500,000, payable only when it exceeds the regular tax.