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[TaoyuanSteve]

And once again Jason misses the economic argument. Even with his "discounted" ticket home, he still paid signifigantly more for his round trip than I did. That is so even if he got a screaming, unheard-of deal on his trip home. The difference in price between a one-way and round-trip is miniscule. So miniscule that, on my recent trip back home, I purchased another round-trip with an open ended return. With my resident visa and entry permit, I had no need to do so. I chose to do so strictly for economics. That commits me to another flight home next year I'm not sure at this point I want to take (but maybe 8 or 9 months later I may want to see the family again, who knows). Still, it's there if I want it. If I don't want to use it, I can write it off. It's not a huge expense. It was only a couple hundred (and we're talking low value Canuck buck here) dollars over the price of a one-way.

Another benefit of the open ended return is it gives you a low-cost exit option if you suddenly need to leave for some reason. If you need to leave, you don't need money to buy your ticket. Simply call the airline and get on the next flight with space available. Definitely a warm security blanket and insurance policy in case things go sour here.

For Fedsy, I used a print-out itinerary from my travel agent to show my proposed arrival and departure dates. This way you can show TECO your itinerary, but not take delivery of the actual ticket (or pay for it) until you have your visa. That way, if it is refused, you're not dinged for cancellation.

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[TaoyuanSteve]

Jason, the evidence is very clear that round trips are a better deal than one-way tickets. Look it up yourself and you will see. To say they are double the price is a factual error. As I said before, I recently purchased a return trip to Taiwan. I weighed both options. The return trip, as I said was only a couple of hundred Canadian dollars more than a one-way. We are talking about the difference between a 900 dollar one-way and a 1100 dollar open ended return. To use your driver's license analogy, I wouldn't want to take driving lessons from a guy who only had his license for 9 months (or that is his claim, though I don't believe him) and now no longer has one. You were in Taiwan for a heartbeat and now want to become an instant expert.

Some things have become very obvious about you:
1) you are obviously very young.
2) you have too much time on your hands in Toronto. You're very obviously not currently in Law school. You post here almost every single day, even though this forum has no relevence to your current life situation whatsoever. You have now been posting here, since you left, for about 1/4th of the time you actually spent living here.
3)your recruiter should be the one posting here as it is he who coached you on what to say to the teco people when you managed to pull off your one way ticket entry to Taiwan.

Look, it's great you found a way to enter this country on a 60 day visa with only a one-way ticket. But that is not the usual way things work for most people. You posted your advice, and people can try it if they like, but the counter-points are: people should stick to the stated rules and the way things are usually done if they want things to go as smoothly as possible 2)you should not attempt to claim that your one entry experience to Taiwan can be taken as a general rule of how things can and will work with all people coming here from all places. The combined experiences of the dissenting postees on this forum far outweigh your single, one-off experience. 3) One-way tickets are a better deal for most people. The price difference is not signifigant. Most people will use the return portion, either for a vacation or to leave when they get sick of the place. It's just better to have an exit back-up plan. Return tickets are also the stated rule here. You'll have fewer problems if you don't deviate from the rule.

Now please, turn off your parents' computer.

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You go Jason....although you can get personal in your derision of others, I appreciate you sticking to your guns so. Are you planning on being a trial lawyer? Could you benefit from some study of the art of rhetoric?

That said...

I am currently sitting in Taiwan with no means of egress. I have an ARC and have landed at CKS and cleared customs some 1/2 a dozen times now. It is the easiest border I've ever crossed. Thailand is number 2 with my homeland of Canada being the hardest entry ever made, and this being a consistent effort, not any specific try.

As far as the TECO goes...show them a bankbook with some money in it...Last time, I showed them a bankbook that hadn't been updated, showing a balance of 40,000 NT. you can always borrow money from some one, float it into your account, update your book and take it out again....

As for when the best time to arrive is....the only thing to consider is the taxman....there are always jobs....I think after CNY the very best time to get here....

I also showed them an itinerary from the travel agent downstairs from the TECO office....I have done this 3 times....I do not commit to buying a ticket, ever....

The itinerary is simply a matter of asking the travel agent for a printed quote of your alleged journey into Taiwan and out less than 60 days later (more than 30).

No one, in the 6 times I've flown into Taiwan, has ever asked me for evidence of a return ticket. Sometimes, a situation may arise, where, due to budgetary constraints perhaps, one simply cannot afford the luxury of an open-ended tickee....there are also cases where, if you take a contract online, your school may be willing to front the money to you for said tickee....then you may want a one-way...once here, you can fly to HK or BK for future visas....

Now Jason, you are winning your argument as those "dissenting voices" have resorted to questioning your authority to be here, instead of furthering the conversation. They too have resorted to insults, and even though I had to clean some snorted-out subway sammi from my keyboard after reading that comment about your parent's computer, once people start to get personal is when the conversation goes out the window...I, for one, stop listening, as the insultive person's opinion is no longer worth considering.

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