[6] This card-size biometric document is issued for its bearers, Chinese citizens residing in the mainland, to travel from the mainland to the Taiwan Area for personal, business, or other purposes.

[7][8][9] When bearers travel to the Taiwan Area from ports in mainland China (besides Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming), they need to have an endorsement (similar to exit visa)[10] on their Taiwan Travel Permit cards.

[13] Mainland Chinese citizens do not need to have a Taiwan Travel Permit if they are traveling to Taiwan directly from overseas, Hong Kong, Macao or the mainland ports of Chongqing, Nanchang or Kunming.

[15] Mainland Chinese residents in Fujian can apply for an endorsement for traveling to Matsu for tourism since August 2024.

[10][16] In August 2024, Taiwanese politician Cho Jung-tai stated that the mainland government has not yet approved mainland tour groups or tourists to visit Taiwan.