The National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior (NIA; ) is the statutory agency under the

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of the Republic of China (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

) which is responsible for immigration, entry and exit security, border services and registration of foreigners. The agency is headed by the

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. The current Director-General is Jeff Jia-Jun Yang. The agency does not manage

customs Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting tariffs and for controlling the flow of goods, including animals, transports, personal effects, and hazardous items, into and out of a country. Traditionally, customs ...

which is managed by the

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History

ROC-MOI National Immigration Agency entry 20170107

The agency was established in early 2007 to deal with

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...

and

border control Border control refers to measures taken by governments to monitor and regulate the movement of people, animals, and goods across land, air, and maritime borders. While border control is typically associated with international borders, it a ...

. This include the care and guidance of new immigrants, exit and entry control, the inspection on illegal immigrants, the forcible

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, and the prevention of

trafficking Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations. There are various ...

in persons. The agency also deals with documents of foreigners and nationals of the People's Republic of

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(including

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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

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). Prior to that it was known as the

Taiwan Garrison Command The Taiwan Garrison Command () was a secret police/national security body which existed under the Republic of China Armed Forces on Taiwan. The agency was established at the end of World War II, and operated throughout the Cold War. It was d ...

and Taiwan Province Police Department. It was initially in charge of Taiwan's border control for both military personnel and civilians respectively. In 1952, Military Personnel and Civilians Exit and Entry United Scrutiny Department was established and became the authority for border control. In March 1957, the department's name was changed to Entry and Exit Control Department, subordinated to Taiwan Vigilance Headquarters and then to Taiwan Garrison Headquarters created in July 1958. In 1972, the government delegated border control, originally under the defense establishment, to a common administrative agency in response to the needs for social development and consequently the Immigration Bureau under the National Police Agency was established. For years, Taiwan's border control and immigration had been separately administered by various agencies, resulting in the administrative inefficiency. The Immigration Act was promulgated on 21 May 1999, which proposed the National Immigration Agency or NIA, shall be established under the Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan) to be responsible of border control and immigration. Subsequently, other statutes related to the NIA were also drafted and then passed by the

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on 8 November 2005 and promulgated by the President on 11 November 2005. Therefore, the NIA has been officially established since 2 January 2007.

Department structure

ROC-MOI National Immigration Agency in Guang-ping Building 20170107

The National Immigration Agency is organised in the following structure.http://www.immigration.gov.tw/immig_eng/aspcode/Organization.asp *Entry and Exit Affairs Division *Immigration Affairs Division *International Affairs Division *Immigration Information Division *Secretariat *Personnel Office *Accounting Office *Civil Service Ethics Office

Immigration and Border Enforcement

*Service Affairs Corps *Detention Affairs Corps *Specialized Operations Corps *Border Affairs Corps

Transportation

The NIA building is accessible within walking distance West from

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of the

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