When going to Taiwan on a working holiday, if you aren’t from the UK, you need to purchase health insurance for yourself during your stay which is a little bit annoying. In the case of Canada, they won’t issue you the visa unless you show them the proof of purchase of the travel health insurance.
If that doesn’t convince you to get insurance, check out my post on the Dangers of Taiwan.
The YouthTaiwan website has a nice graphic that outlines the most important information for Taiwan Working Holiday applicants.
Most of the requirements are rather straightforward, if not easy to get. The hard part is figuring out which insurance to go with because there are a lot of details and if you’re like me, you’ve never bought so much insurance. All the plans have numbers that are slightly different from the competition, which makes plans really hard to compare and the cost is not insignificant.
After doing a bit of research, I decided to go with Seven Corners‘s offering. During that time, I did go to the doctor a couple of times, but since I had a rather high deductible, I had to pay out of pocket. That cost me the equivalent of 10 USD each time. That was totally acceptable, because I saved a lot by having a higher deductible.
Later on, after talking with people in Taiwan, I figured out there were other options which were a little bit cheaper. When I have some time, I will go ahead and picked a couple of good options to share which are from reputable companies, so they should be more reliable, and cover enough.
I will also add a breakdown that explains insurance for you and Taiwanese health care numbers so that you know what insurance you should be getting.
Travel Insurance Bear 