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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

In 2023, the NIA will continue to promote the “Digital Application Information Project for New
Immigrants,” providing IT education training courses for new immigrants. It is expected that 5,450
people will attend the courses. In 2023, the New Immigrant Broadband Internet Access Program is
forecast to lend portable devices to 600 people, and conduct six online activities, with an estimate of
about 5,000 participants in total.

III. Border Management

1. Providing the ROC (Taiwan) nationals self-enrollment service

To increase the use of e-Gates, nationals above 12 years old and 140 cm, or foreigners with alien
resident certificates are allowed to enroll in the
e-Gate upon their arrival or departure since No-
vember 1, 2022. The new system exempts the

requirements of second document and pre-en-
rollment, which aims to enhance immigration
clearance efficiency and promote the use of
e-Gate services. In total, 107 e-Gates have been
deployed at the airports and harbors around the
nation. By the end of 2022, the cumulative num-

ber of registration stands at 7,780,345, and the
cumulative number of entries/exits via e-Gates
is over a hundred million. The NIA will keep pro-
moting the e-Gate service, thus offering the best The Poster of e-Gate Self-Enrollment Service
immigration clearance experience.

2. Promoting the Advance Passenger Processing System and Advance Passen-
ger Information System

The NIA has continually promoted the Advance Passenger Processing System (APPS), which al-
lows real-time information exchange to prevent passengers on watch lists from entering the country,
thereby effectively averting crimes. As of the end of 2022, the system interfaced with 94 domestic and
foreign airlines' databases; at the same time, the NIA has also continued to promote the Advance
Passenger Information System (APIS), which allows advance screening of arriving, departing, and

transiting passengers to enhance border security and flight safety. In 2022, the APIS helped the NIA
intercept 1,259 passengers on watch lists, enhancing border management as well as aviation security.

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