Kaohsiung International Airport Arrival Lobby

53 Pages·2016·7.53 MB·English

義守大學

2016 Fall Semester
Incoming International Students Handbook

Office of International and Cross-strait Affairs
Table of Contents

A. Important information ...................................................................................... i
B. Reminders .......................................................................................................... ii
C. Important dates ................................................................................................ iii
D. School calendar (TBA) ...................................................................................... v
E. Photo requirements ...................................................................................... viiii
F. Entry visas and Alien Resident Certificates (ARC) ................................. viiiii
G. Tuition and other required fees, accommodation fees, insurance premiums,
possible miscellaneous fees, and tuition calculation ...................................... x
H. ISU international student scholarship, work permit and service educationxvii
I. Payment ........................................................................................................ xviiiii
J. Course registration......................................................................................... xix
K. Airport pickup services ................................................................................ xxii
L. Currency exchange, SIM card application, and savings account ......... xxiiii

Appendix
[Appendix I] Photographs of dormitory
[Appendix II] Maps of Main Campus and Medical Campus
[Appendix III] Transportation
[Appendix IV] Housing regulations (summarized)
[Appendix V] Online credit card payment
[Appendix VI] Guidelines of Arrival System for Overseas Students

Forms to submit upon arrival
[Form 1] Housing check-in (submit to dormitory administrator)
[Form 2] Consent to authorize for emergency medical treatment to I-Shou
University (submit to OICA staff)

Online Reply (netreg.isu.edu.tw/wapp)
[Info 1] Admission acceptance confirmation & dormitory application
[Info 2] Arrival information (Pickup request)
[Info 3] Parents & family orientation
A. Important information
Welcome on board. Once you register and become a student at ISU, you ought to follow
the laws of Taiwan (R.O.C.) as well as the regulations and policies of the University. If
you have any questions, please consult the Office of International and Cross-Strait
Affairs (OICA) or pertinent units on campus.
a. Address of Main Campus: No 1, Sec 1, Syuecheng Rd, Dashu District 84001,
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Address of Medical Campus: No 8, Yida Rd, Jiaosu Village, Yanchao District 82445,
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
b. Office Hours: between 8am and 5pm, Monday through Friday
c. OICA Contact Information:
1. Email: [email protected]
2. Tel: [phone] ext. 2099 (OICA)
3. Cellphone: (886)-978-244-113
4. Fax: [phone]
d. OICA Facebook Page:
www.facebook.com/isuoia, www.facebook.com/isutaiwan
e. International Student Association: http://www2.isu.edu.tw/site/304/5
f. Information for incoming international student: www.isu.edu.tw/international
g. Scholarship for foreign students: www.isu.edu.tw/international
h. Course selection:
http://www2.isu.edu.tw/interface/showdoc.php?dept_id=4&levelid=598&dept_mno=03
i. On campus residence: http://www2.isu.edu.tw/site/04/12
j. Service Education http://www2.isu.edu.tw/site/04/4
k. Important forms to fill for incoming students: netreg.isu.edu.tw/wapp
l. Summer temperature in Kaohsiung are around 28-38℃, and winter temperature are
around 15-25℃. Daily weather forecast report in English is available through radio
programs and the Central weather Bureau’s website: www.cwb.gov.tw
m. Adapter (Taiwan standard：110V, 60Hz)

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B. Reminders
Submit
No. Items to Purpose
OICA
1 Passport  ARC application
2 Identification card from your original country SIM card application
Diploma & transcript verified by ROC for Student Record Card
3 
overseas office
(a) ARC
(b) Student ID card (JPG
4 ~ 6 passport-size photographs
file)
4 (at least 3.2cm from head to chin, with
(c) Heath Examination
white background)
(d) National Health
Insurance card
to be saved in Health
5 Copy of Health certificate (Form B) 
Section archives
6 Visa to enter Taiwan
7 Flight ticket
[Form 2] Consent to Authorize for Emergency to be saved in Health
8 
Medical Treatment to I-Shou University Section archives
9 Contact of relatives or friends in Taiwan
10 Accommodation fees
not covered by ISU
11 Medical insurance fees
scholarship
12 Extra cash before opening savings accounts

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C. Important dates
No. Events Dates
Please respond within one week upon receipt of
the Admission Letter
1 Respond to the Admission Letter ※Please respond to Admission acceptance
confirmation & dormitory application online and
upload one photograph to make your student ID
card (netreg.isu.edu.tw/wapp).
Apply for an entry visa as early as possible.
2 Apply for an entry visa See more details about visa application at
www.boca.gov.tw.
Please apply online by August 24, 2016.
※Please reply Arrival information (pickup
request) and Parents Orientation online.
Apply for airport pickup services
(netreg.isu.edu.tw/wapp)
3
Available period of time：
(including families)
Between September 6 and 8.
Available locations:
Kaohsiung International Airport
Taiwan High Speed Rail Zuoying Station
Please register course online between August 29
and September 4.
4 Course registration
The first week of semester is open for courses
add and drop.
All international students are required to pay
Deposit for priority housing
5 TWD 3,000 deposit by August 24, 2016. Please
application
refer to page xi for details.
The dormitories are open from September 6 to
6 Move into dormitory September 11, 2016. Please submit [Form 1]
Housing check-in to the dormitory administrator.
Date：September 9-10, 2016
MUST ATTEND
Time：8.30am
International student
7 Location：4th floor, International College
registration & New student
Building, Main Campus
orientation
※Please submit [Form 2] Consent to Authorize
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No. Events Dates
for Emergency Medical Treatment to I-Shou
Overseas Student Chinese
University to OICA staff.
Proficiency Placement Test
Please pay tuition and other required fees,
language lab fee, computer lab fee,
accommodation fee, student accident insurance
premium, and health insurance premium.
Payments options:
1. Online credit card payments on Information
System by September 9, 2016.
2. Payments may also be made in person on
international student registration day,

September 9, 2016.
Date：September 9, 2016.
Time：10am
8 Parents & family orientation
Location：4th floor, International College
Building, Main Campus
College Entrance Health Date：TBA
9
Examination Location：E-da Hospital
10 Term begins/school opens September 12, 2016

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D. School calendar

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E. Photo requirements
a. The photo must be in jpg. or jpeg. format, at least 531 pixels (height) X 354 pixels (width),
and may not exceed 1MB.
b. The face occupies 70-80% of the photo.
c. The head or hair doesn’t touch the margins of the photo (female applicant's hair is permitted
to touch the bottom frame of the photograph).
d. Clear, color photo, as you would use for your passport or ID card, taken within the last 6
months, showing your head and shoulders. Your head must not be covered. Please do not
send a picture of daily lives.
e. The photograph must show the subject facing square on and looking directly at the camera,
with eyes open and clearly visible. A neutral expression and a natural skin tone are required.
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F. Entry visas and Alien Resident Certificates (ARC)
a. School Admission Letter does not guarantee your obtainment of an entry visa to
Taiwan.
b. Please apply for Resident Visa in your own country for entering Taiwan. Make sure
you have all the necessary documents required and have sufficient time (at least one
month) for visa application. See more details on the website of Bureau of Consular
Affairs, BOCA: www.boca.gov.tw
c. If you are a student of Language Center transferring to a degree program, please
change your status from a Visitor Visa to a Resident Visa, and renew your present
Alien Resident Certificate (ARC). Level II of TOCFL (The Test of Chinese as a
Foreign Language) for undergraduate degree and Level III of TOCFL for graduate
degree are required. For more details, please check out www.boca.gov.tw
d. Students who hold visitor visas (also known as tourist visas) must apply for resident
visas before applying for an ARC.
e. Students who hold resident visas MUST apply for an ARC within 15 days upon
arrival in Taiwan.
Resident visa Visitor visa
Switch to Resident visa
Apply ARC within
15 days upon arrival Apply ARC within
15 days
After ARC being issued for 180 days, you are eligible to enroll in
the National Health Insurance program.
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