The work is one consignment, one cabin, one signature. You collect it in or near Shulin, you keep it with you, you present the prepared paperwork at customs and you hand it over in person. What makes Shulin useful is that Taipei City Taipei Songshan is only 24 km away, so the collection and the departure can happen in the same afternoon.
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On Board Courier, Shulin
Carry sealed, urgent consignments out of Shulin. TSA sits 24 km north east of the city and flies to 15 airports without a change of aircraft.
OnBoard Courier is a United Arab Emirates company, contracted by ICSL FZE and run from Dubai. A city named on this site is a place we cover and route through, not a separate company in that city. Assignments are contracted under UAE law, and the terms are published in full under legal and policies.
Based inShulin, Taipei
Nearest gateTSA · Taipei City
Drive to the aircraft24 km · 24 minutes
Nonstop from TSA15 airports
EngagementFreelance · per assignment
Fee per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600
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Applying is free. Freelance · self-employed ·
posted 7 September 2026 · open until 7 March 2027
What the work pays
The fee for an assignment is agreed with you in writing before you accept it. These are the figures the site publishes, and what the desk covers on top of them.
Top published feeAED 2,000The highest fee the site shows for a single assignment: sealed medical samples in a cooled case, Dubai to Singapore.
Published band, per assignmentAED 900 to 2,600A document pouch to London is AED 1,200, an aircraft part to Frankfurt AED 1,500, an escorted watch on the Berlin lane AED 1,800.
What the flight costs youAED 0The desk books and pays the ticket, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never fronts the fare.
The one payment you makeAED 199, returnedThe Academy, paid once. It comes back in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. Applying itself is free.
Fees vary with the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate, so the desk quotes each assignment individually rather than pretending one number fits every trip. You are self-employed and there is no minimum: accept or decline whatever you like, and declining costs you nothing. Earnings are paid per delivery by bank transfer, they appear in your courier portal, and you can request a payout once the balance reaches AED 200. Apply and see the flight board.
You fly as a passengerOne consignment in the cabin, one handover against signature. No warehouse, no van, no round.
The desk books and pays the ticketFlight, transfers and, where the routing needs it, a hotel are booked before you leave for the airport.
Paid per assignmentA fee agreed in writing before you accept, paid to your bank account after the signature. Applying is free.
How to start, in four steps
1
Apply once
One application covers every country desk. Tell us which passports you hold and where you can travel.
2
Verification and the Academy
Identity and background check, then a short course on customs, handovers and chain of custody.
3
Your first offer
The desk sends the routing, the dates and the fee in writing. You accept or decline, nothing is automatic.
4
Fly, hand over, get paid
Collect, board, clear customs in person, hand over against signature, and the fee is paid to your account.
The assignment
From the offer to the handover, a trip out of TSA tends to run under thirty hours. 24 minutes to Taipei City Taipei Songshan, the sector itself, customs at the far end, and a signature. Where the routing runs through the Emirates it goes by way of HND, on one ticket, with the connection booked long enough to be real. Everything outside the cabin, the transfers, the hotel where the routing needs one, is booked and paid by the desk.
Getting to the aircraft from Shulin
A courier in Shulin is only as fast as the road in front of them. Shulin to TSA is 24 km, 24 minutes, and the airports below are ordered by that drive rather than by size.
Under half an hour of road to TSA is unusual and useful. From Shulin the limiting factor is the check in deadline, not the traffic. Two gates serve Shulin in practice. TPE is 37 minutes away with 108 nonstop destinations, and the offer always names the airport before you accept it.
| IATA | Airport | By road | Driving time | Nonstop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSA | Taipei City Taipei Songshan | 24 km | 24 minutes | 15 |
| TPE | Taipei Taiwan Taoyuan | 33 km | 37 minutes | 108 |
Shulin is a city of 180,000 people in Taipei, and the clock there runs 4 hours ahead of the Emirates all year. Road distances are measured driving routes rather than straight lines, and nonstop counts come from the scheduled route data this site publishes.
What TSA reaches without a change
TSA publishes 15 nonstop routes. For a courier in Shulin that is the difference between waiting for tomorrow and boarding tonight, so the busiest of them are set out below with their operators.
| IATA | City | Airport | Frequency | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNH | Shang-I | Shang-I Kinmen | about 21 departures a day | 2 operators: Mandarin Airlines |
| MZG | Makung City | Makung City Makung | about 19 departures a day | 2 operators: Mandarin Airlines |
| HND | Tokyo | Tokyo Haneda | about 9 departures a day | 3 operators: China Airlines, EVA Air, ANA |
| LZN | Nangang Island | Nangang Island Matsu Nangan | about 9 departures a day | 2 operators: Mandarin Airlines |
| TTT | Taitung City | Taitung City Taitung | about 6 departures a day | 2 operators: Mandarin Airlines |
| SHA | Shanghai | Shanghai Hongqiao | about 4 departures a day | 5 operators: China Airlines, EVA Air, Air China |
| MFK | Beigan Island | Beigan Island Matsu Beigan | about 3 departures a day | 1 operator |
| GMP | Seoul-si | Seoul-si Gimpo | about 2 departures a day | 4 operators: China Airlines, EVA Air, T'way Air |
| XMN | Xiamen | Xiamen Gaoqi | about one departure a day | 2 operators: XiamenAir |
| FOC | Fuzhou | Fuzhou Changle | about one departure a day | 2 operators: Mandarin Airlines, XiamenAir |
Counting every airport a courier in Shulin can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 116 airports. Frequencies are average daily flights and change with the season, so the desk checks the live schedule before it offers you anything.
The industry inside this catchment
A page that claims customers it does not have is worthless. What follows is public industrial geography around TSA, shown because it explains why consignments leave Shulin in a hurry.
- TSMC, Hsinchu. The largest contract chip manufacturer in the world. European lithography, Taiwanese fabs, and a clock that runs in fab hours. It sits on TPE, which is 37 minutes from Shulin by road, and the sector is semiconductor.
Why a courier in Shulin is useful to the desk
There is a second reason Shulin matters, and it is the return leg. A courier who lives here can take a consignment inbound to Taipei and be home the same evening, which is cheaper and faster than flying somebody out from the Gulf and back.
A change of aircraft stands between Shulin and the Gulf, which changes the timings rather than the work. From Shulin the best single change is Tokyo (HND), and HND to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 14h 22m gate to gate, so an assignment between Shulin and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
The nearest other cities on the Taiwan list
Show the 12 closest, and how far each is from Shulin
Taipei13 km away, TSA in 9 minutesTaoyuan13 km away, TPE in 18 minutesDanshui20 km away, TSA in 28 minutesXizhi25 km away, TSA in 20 minutesKeelung36 km away, TSA in 26 minutesHsinchu50 km away, TPE in 52 minutesToufen62 km away, TPE in 1 hourTaichung120 km away, TPE in 1 hour 55 minutesChang-hua134 km away, TPE in 2 hours 7 minutesYuanlin143 km away, KHH in 2 hours 9 minutesDouliu168 km away, KHH in 1 hour 50 minutesChiayi City195 km away, KHH in 1 hour 33 minutes
All 15 Taiwan cities are listed on the Taiwan courier desk, which stays the general application for the country.
The engagement, and who we are looking for
The engagement
- Type: freelance, self-employed. You are an independent courier accepting individual assignments, not an employee, and you decide which ones you take.
- Where it runs: assignments are flown out of TSA and the other airports listed above, between Taiwan and wherever the consignment is going, with the return leg agreed per mission.
- Hours: variable. An assignment is a single trip, not a shift or a roster.
- How you are paid: a fee per completed assignment, agreed in writing before you accept it. The fees published on this site run from AED 1,200 for a document pouch to AED 2,000 for a cooled medical consignment, and the figure for your assignment reflects the lane, the notice, the waiting time and whether the return is immediate.
- What the desk pays: the flight, the transfers and, where the routing needs it, the hotel. A courier never pays for the ticket and never fronts the fare.
- Applying is free. No payment is required to apply, to be screened or to be placed on the courier list. The Academy costs AED 199, paid once, and is returned in full on top of the fee for your first completed assignment. It is the only payment a courier ever makes to us.
What we look for
- A passport with comfortable remaining validity and free pages, and the right to enter the country on the routing. The desk checks the visa position for your specific passport before any assignment is offered.
- A clean background check and a willingness to be verified. Couriers carry other people’s property.
- Availability at short notice, and a realistic view of the 24 minutes drive to TSA. Most assignments are confirmed hours, not days, before departure.
- Presentable, calm and articulate at a customs counter. The consignment is only as smooth as the person carrying it.
- A working phone, reachable on the number you gave us, for the whole assignment.
What we provide
- The ticket. Always. A courier never pays for the flight and never fronts the fare.
- The paperwork, prepared before you reach TSA, and a named contact at the desk on both ends.
- A briefing on the consignment, the consignee and what the customs position at the far end looks like.
- A fee per completed assignment, agreed with you in advance and paid by bank transfer after the handover.
Questions about the Shulin list
01How far is Shulin from TSA?
The route from Shulin to TSA runs 24 km and takes about 24 minutes with clear roads. Traffic between Shulin and TSA is allowed for on top, and the desk pays for the parking or the transfer either way.
02What can I reach from Shulin without a change of aircraft?
TSA serves 15 airports nonstop across 4 countries with 12 operating carriers, and counting every gate a courier in Shulin can drive to, the combined nonstop board is 116 airports. That is the practical range of a single assignment from here before anybody has to connect.
03Getting from Shulin to the Emirates: nonstop or not?
From Shulin the best single change is Tokyo (HND), and HND to DXB is flown by Emirates, about one departure a day. Counting a normal connection that is around 14h 22m gate to gate, so an assignment between Shulin and the Emirates is planned as a connecting itinerary and the desk books the whole thing on one ticket.
04Do I have to live in the UAE to be on this list?
No residence visa, no Emirates address and no relocation. A courier on this list lives in Shulin and flies out of TSA, which is exactly what the desk needs.
05Does it cost anything to apply?
There is no application fee, no placement fee and no deposit, in Shulin or anywhere else. The AED 199 Academy is the single payment, and it is returned in full with your first assignment fee.
06How is my fee agreed?
It is written down before a courier in Shulin commits to anything. The desk sends the fee for that specific trip out of TSA, you accept in writing, and it is paid by transfer after the consignee signs.
Apply to fly out of TSA
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