Taipei - Taiwan Thursday revised an immigration regulation to extend the length of stay for foreign shipping crews to 30 days from one week.

"The revision, made in line of current international trend, is to allow foreign crew members to have a longer stay to facilitate their vessel maintenance, supply and cargo loading and unloading work," the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The revision still needs final approval from Cabinet. The current seven-day restriction has drawn complaints by many foreign shipping crews, who need longer time to complete the maintenance and other related work before leaving Taiwan. (dpa)