Popular travel streamer Jinny revealed that she has been banned from Taiwan for three years as punishment for working in the country without the proper permits… but she says Blizzard is partly to blame.
Jinnytty is a prominent streamer on Twitch, where she boasts over 1 million avid followers who tune in to watch her fun-filled travels abroad.
She’s taken her viewers to a plethora of countries around the world over the course of her career… but she won’t be able to stream in Taiwan for the next three years due to a work permit snafu that happened back in 2023.
According to Jinny, she was approached by Blizzard to attend an event in Taiwan that year due to the popularity of her ‘Waddlethon’ streaming marathon in the country, which drew large crowds of excited fans during her stay.
Jinny is a popular Twitch streamer best known for her travel broadcasts.
Jinny faces three-year ban from Taiwan over work permit issue
She was under the impression that both Blizzard and her agency, UTA, had hashed everything out with Taiwan’s government, assuming they had gotten her the proper permits to work there… but this wasn’t the case.
“They didn’t give me a work permit in 2023, apparently,” she explained in an April 2025 live stream. “The company made a mistake, and the agency kind of also made a mistake in a way, because they didn’t make sure [I was] provided a temporary work permit.”
While Jinny admitted that she should have done her due diligence to ensure that she had the proper permits, she was under the assumption that her agency and Blizzard would have already done so — especially since she’d worked with Taiwan companies beforehand.
“I didn’t even think to ask about it, because I was like, ‘Of course they did it.’ That’s their job,” she added.
The streamer said she was reported to the government for working in Taiwan. While she was initially unbothered by the report, it resulted in some massive consequences for her, as she didn’t actually have the proper permits to work there.
While Blizzard was merely fined, Jinny says she received a far harsher punishment: being banned from entering the country for three years.
Although Blizzard’s lawyers attempted to appeal Jinny’s ban, nothing came of their efforts, so she decided to apply for Taiwan’s Golden Visa. The Golden Visa is acts as both a work permit and residence permit, and is designed to “attract foreign professionals” to the country — which she was approved for in 2024.
However, after returning to Taiwan in February 2025, she was notified that she was banned for three years starting on that date — meaning that she won’t be able to return to the country until 2028. They also revoked her Gold Visa.
“I love going to Taiwan, so this is f**king insane,” she said. “…I don’t understand what is happening. It’s beyond understanding. How is this working? How? It is so weird.”
Jinny made it clear that she didn’t blame her agency for the kerfuffle and is “happy” working with them, but was frustrated at how the situation was handled.
Jinny isn’t the only streamer facing issues in foreign countries. While her work permit snafu wasn’t anything criminal, several other streamers are facing major consequences while traveling abroad, such as Vitaly, who was arrested and is facing criminal charges after harassing locals in the Philippines.
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