Please read the following common visa information for attending IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010 in Taiwan, and feel free to contact us if formal invitation is needed when applying the visa. More detail information can be found in the web site of BOCA. In general, foreigners intending to participate in an international conference held in Taiwan should apply for visas at an ROC (Taiwan) Embassy, Consulate, or Mission with the invitation letter issued by the sponsoring organizations. Depending on your nationality, there are different rules:

• Visa-Exempt Entry
• Landing Visas
• Notice for British Passport Holders Who Entered Taiwan Visa-Free and Are Applying for an Extension of Stay
• For Hong Kong or Macau participants
• For Mainland China participants (NOTE: Since to apply such a visa takes time and we have to prepare some extra documents, please go to apply the visa and contact us as soon as possible.)

Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, about 40km from Taipei City, is a more preferable choice for those who want to attend PacificVis 2010, even with the fact that there are two international airports in Taiwan.

Please check Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport official website for real time flight - arrival, flight timetable, and booking/service lines of airlines.

Once your flight lands in Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, you would have several ways to get to Taipei conveniently. You may get full information from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport official website. Further, just for those who want to travel in Taiwan, there is one domestic airport in Taipei: Taipei SongShan Airport.

Six bus companies now provide frequent service between Taoyuan Airport and important destinations around Taiwan. Adult single fares vary from NT$110 to NT$140. more

Taxis are available at Taoyuan Airport 24 hours a day. Airport Taxis charge according to the meter plus a 50% surcharge (highway tolls not included), and provide transport to anywhere in Taiwan. Typical fare to Taipei is around NT$1,100. more

There are also Car Rental Service in both Terminals. more

The conference venue and hotel are located on the periphery of the main campus of National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan.

It is easier than taking bus and cheaper than by taxi to get to the conference venue (gis NTU Convention Center) and hotel (Leader Hotel) through MRT. Since MRT stations are all connected together, attendee may choose any MRT station nearby and leave the MRT system through Gongguan station. Take EXIT 2 and the conference venue and hotel would be left down the Roosevelt Rd. as you can see in the map above. Please refer to MRT official website for more details.

After you get in the Taxi, tell the taxi driver address of GCC/NTU - No.85, Roosevelt Road, Sec. 4, and make a comment that the destination is near National Taiwan University and Ming Chuan Elementary School. Or you can simply download and print the following picture and show it, in case that the driver don't know what you say.