TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The National Immigration Agency (NIA) is preparing to send a man home to Japan who overstayed his visa by 36 years while living in the Hualien County countryside.
His presence came to light after a resident reported an elderly man had been living in poverty, and local police visited him.
They found he had entered Taiwan in 1983 on a tourist visa and had never left or applied for a residency permit.
He had even forgotten where in Japan he was from and had lost all contact with his relatives there, according to CNA.
Hori had been unable to find enough money for a flight back, but the NIA was preparing to send him to Japan.