The National Immigration Agency shall prohibit an alien from entering the State if he/she meets one of the following circumstances:
1. Does not carry his/her passport or refuses to submit it for inspection.
2. Has held an illegally acquired, counterfeited, or fraudulent passport or visa.
3. Has held another person's passport or a passport applied by using a false identity.
4. Has held an invalid passport , lacks a required visa, or a passport that bears an invalid visa.
5. Has made a false statement or hidden important facts about his/her purposes to apply for entry into the State.
6. Has carried contraband.
7. Has a criminal record in the State or foreign countries.
8. Has suffered from a contagious disease or other diseases that may jeopardize public health.
9. Is believed, on the basis of sufficient factual proof, to be incapable of making a living in the State, save the circumstance that he/she seeks shelters from his/her sponsor and has endorsement.
10. Has held a visitor visa but does not have an air ticket or a steamer ticket for a return trip or a trip to the next destination or has not secured an entry visa for the next destination.
11. Has been denied entry, ordered to exit within a certain time, or deported from the State.
12. Has overstayed his/her visit or the period of his/her residence or has worked illegally.
13. Is believed to endanger national interests, public security, public order, or the good customs of the State.
14. Hinders good social customs.
15. Is believed to engage in terrorist activities.
16. Seriously violates internationally recognized human rights.
If a foreign government prohibits a national of the State from entry pursuant to reasons other than those reasons set forth in the each Subparagraph of the preceding Paragraph, the National Immigration Agency may apply the same reasons to prohibit that country's nationals from entering the State after consulting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of such prohibition.
The period of entry as prohibited under Subparagraph 12, Paragraph 1 shall be one (1) year or over from the next day of the date of an alien’s exit of the State and shall not be more than seven (7) years.
The provision of entry ban as set out in Subparagraph 16, Paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the people of the Mainland Area and the residents of Hong Kong or Macau.