Taiwan

[Dakine 26]

Anyone know anything about the visa process in Taiwan?

No US Embassy there.

Called American Institute of Taiwan.

What ever that is?

Edited November 13, 2007 by Haole

[miker32us 6]

The US used to have an embassy in Taiwan. But there was an agreement in 1970 according to Wikipedia:

The 1970s saw a switch in diplomatic recognition from the Republic of China to the People's Republic of China with countries like the United States, Japan, and Canada making the switch during that decade. In October 1971, Resolution 2758 was passed by the UN General Assembly, expelling "the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek" and replacing the China seat on the Security Council (and all other UN organs) with delegates from the People's Republic of China. It declared "that the representatives of the Government of the People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations" and thus do not regard the Republic of China as legitimately representing the whole of China.

agreeing that the PRC - China was the ONLY China the US recognizes. So the US no longer recognizes Taiwan, the ROC. Since the US does not recognize the ROC as a country the US cannot have an embassy there. But we do have AIT which is staffed by US State Department employees and does the same work as any other embassy throughout the world.