Ghanaian woman arrested in Taiwan for overstaying visa for 34 years
It's said she entered Taiwan as a tourist in June 1989 after a transit from Hong Kong and left in March 1990. Police however say there were no immigration records to show when she re-entered Taiwan.
Taiwanese authorities have recently arrested a 63-year-old Ghanaian woman who was found to have stayed in the country illegally since 1990.
Local media reported she was arrested on the morning of October 14, while waiting under a walkway in the New Taipei City's Luzhou District of Taiwan.
"When officers asked her to present an Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) or passport, she could not understand Mandarin and communicated with gestures.
Consequently, officers took her to the National Immigration Agency (NIA) to have her fingerprints scanned and it was discovered that she had overstayed her visa for 34 years," reported online platform Taiwan News.
Although she was unnamed in the reports, it's said she entered Taiwan as a tourist in June 1989 after a transit from Hong Kong and left in March 1990. Police however say there were no immigration records to show when she re-entered Taiwan.
She now faces deportation and is being held at a shelter provided by Taiwanese immigration officials.
