The passengers should report to check-in counters of their respective
airlines, submit their tickets and passports, and check in their baggage, if
any, in time.
After the check-in procedure is done, the passengers should get their
boarding passes and baggage receipts, and get back their passports and
unused tickets.
The passengers should leave the check-in counters only after their baggage
have passed the X-ray inspection.
Airport Tax
Tickets should include airport tax now. If tickets bought by the passengers
have not included it, the passengers should consult their respective airlines
directly.
Regulation for Baggage
The baggage should carry a tag written with Chinese and English names,
address and phone number of the passenger.
For passengers going to Europe, Asia and Australia, the weight of the
check-in baggage is limited to 20 kilograms.
For passengers going to North America, each person is restricted to two
pieces of free check-in baggage and less than 32 kilograms per piece.
Kindly check with the airlines for the other related regulations.
Customs Declaration
If the passengers have any questions about their outbound or inbound
declaration procedures, baggage and belongings, they can inquire with the
service counters of the customs.
Service phones: (03) 398-2308 (Terminal 1); (03)
398-3222 (Terminal 2).
Quarantine for Plants and Animals
Passengers carrying plants and animals for their outbound trips should
go to the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine inside
the airport terminal to proceed with the export quarantine procedures.
Service phones: (03) 398-2264 (Terminal 1); (03)
398-3373 (Terminal 2).
Immigration Inspection
The passengers should move ahead in lines to the immigration counters
after they have completed their check-in procedure, showing their passports
and boarding passes.
The passengers should present their original documents, such as passports,
boarding passes, and embarkation cards (residents of Taiwan are
exempted).
After the immigration inspection, the passengers should head for their
boarding gates and enter their respective waiting lounges.
Service phones: (03) 398-2171 (Terminal 1). (03)
398-1831(Terminal 2).
Security Inspection and Boarding
Terminal 1
Men and women should line up separately for the security inspection at the
entrance to the north and south concourses. They should put their hand-carry
baggage into X-ray cabinets for the inspection.
Before the passengers go through the metallic sensor gates, they should
remove all metallic articles, place them in small baskets, walk through the
gates and take back their belongings after they pass the security
inspection.
The passengers may go freely for duty free shopping etc. after they pass
the security inspection.
The passengers should enter their respective waiting lounges 40 minutes
before their respective boarding times.
Service phone: (03) 398-2433
Terminal 2
40 minutes before the departure time, the passengers should enter the
security inspection room, and line up, men and women separately, for the
security inspection in front of the boarding gates.
Before the passengers go through the metallic sensor gates, they should
remove all metallic articles, place them in small baskets, walk through the
gates and take back their belongings after they pass the security
inspection.
After the security inspection, the passengers should move into their
respective waiting lounges to wait for the boarding.
Filling Up Disembarkation Card
(Non-Citizen only)
and Customs Declaration
Form
During the flight, the non-citizen passengers should fill up the disembarkation cards
and customs declaration forms distributed by the crew, getting ready for the
customs inspection.
If such cards and forms are not distributed on the planes, the passengers
should ask for them at the entry immigration counters.
Immigration Inspection
After the disembarkation, the passengers should present the following
travel documents: Native Travelers: Passports, entry disembarkation cards,
and customs declaration forms (residents in Taiwan are exempted). Foreign
Travelers: Passports, visas, tickets, entry disembarkation cards and customs
declaration forms.
Service phones: (03) 398-2877 or 398-2243 (Terminal
1) . (03) 398-1819(Terminal 2).
Baggage Claim
After the immigration inspection, the passengers can proceed to the
customs inspection lounge to collect their baggage.
Passengers who don't want to carry baggage into Taiwan may deposit them
into the bonded baggage counters for future claim.
Service phones: (03) 398-2326 (Terminal 1); (03)
398-3369 (Terminal 2).
Quarantine for Animals, Plants and Marine Produces
Passengers are strictly restricted from carrying the following products
into Taiwan:
Fresh fruits, melons, cucumbers, gourds, etc.
Marine products, regardless of live, refrigerated, frozen, salted or
seasoned, subject to confiscation.
Unauthorized live animals and plants, and their products including meats
and seeds.
Passengers carrying animals and agricultural products into Taiwan should
go to the quarantine counters to apply for the quarantine procedure.
Passengers who wish to carry any farm products into Taiwan should inquire
with the Animal & Plant Quarantine Bureau of the Agricultural Committee
in advance.
Service phones: (03) 398-2268 or 398-2264 (Terminal
1); (03) 398-3372 (Terminal 2).
Regarding the quarantine of personnel, aircrafts and marine products,
please ring up the 2nd substation of the Center for Disease Control of the
Ministry of Sanitation at (03) 398-2584 or 398-2583
(Terminal 1) or (03) 398-3395 (Terminal 2).
Customs Inspection for Baggage
After the passengers claim their baggage, they should proceed to the customs
inspection counters. Passengers carrying non-restricted or non-forbidden items
and comply with the duty free regulations for arriving passengers, as listed
below, may select the "Nothing to Declare" ( green line counters). The
other passengers should go through the red line counters ( goods to declare).
Duty Free regu1ations for Arriving Passengers
One liter of liquor and 200 pieces of cigarettes.
Declaration should be made if more than US$5,000 or the other foreign
currency equivalent to this amount is carried. Arriving passenger is
restricted to carry less than NT$40,000.
