Choose a Mobile Plan
Compare complete prepaid and postpaid terms instead of relying on an advertised price or “unlimited” label.
Rules change. Open the official sources below and confirm before you act.
For help in another language, call the advisory hotline for foreign residents1990
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Before you start
Choose an affordable option based on your stay, data use, and available identification.
- Applies to
- International students who need a Taiwan number and mobile data
- Rule level
- Provider-specific
- Group
- Money & Contracts
- When
- First week
What to prepare
Steps
Estimate your months in Taiwan and data, calls, messages, and tethering needs.
Compare validity, renewal, throttling, tethering, calls, messages, and top-up methods.
Compare contract term, deposit, early-termination fee, and one-time charges.
Ask for the total due today, later costs, renewal method, and early-exit cost.
Confirm foreign-applicant identification with your provider; one provider’s rules are not universal.
Test data, a call, a message, and hotspot service, then keep the contract, receipt, and deadlines.
Every step has its own link, so a single step can be shared.
Common mistakes, and what done looks like
- Problem
- Reading unlimited without checking throttling, validity, or tethering.
- How to fix it
- Request complete terms and ask the store to identify unclear conditions in writing.
- Problem
- Signing a long contract for a short stay.
- How to fix it
- Compare prepaid and exit costs before signing; after signing, ask under the contract.
What done looks like
Your phone can connect and call, and you know the cost, expiry, renewal or top-up method, and cancellation terms.
Practice scenario
- Scene
- A mobile-provider store
- You will talk to
- Ms. HuangStore representative
2 questions
Sources and page information
This page is compiled from the public sources below. Individual steps are not footnoted to a source yet.
- 1
Other中華電信
預付卡申辦說明(opens in a new window)https://www.cht.com.tw/home/campaign/prepaidcard/introwww.cht.com.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20 - 2
OtherChunghwa Telecom
Prepaid Plan Example(opens in a new window)https://www.cht.com.tw/home/campaign/prepaidtour/info_en.htmlwww.cht.com.tw · Source page update date not recorded · We reviewed it on 2026-07-20
The tier is derived from the domain: a gov label is official government, an edu label is a university, anything else is other.
Page information
- Last verified
- Next review
- Review cycle
- 180 days (high 90 / medium 180 / low 365)
- Reviewer
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- Created and last edited
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- Other reviewed editions
- 中文No reviewed edition yet: Bahasa Indonesia · Tiếng Việt
The next review date is calculated from the last verified date plus the review cycle. It is not a second review.
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Get help from a person
- Advisory hotline for foreign residents in Taiwan
- 1990
- From abroad
- +886-800-001990
See the National Immigration Agency website for service hours and languages(opens in a new window)
University international office Contact the international office at your own university