Apply for residency
Hong Kong and Macau residents, foreigners, and nationals without registered permanent residence
Applicable for employment in Taiwan or other reasons,
Hong Kong and Macau residents, foreigners and nationals without registered permanent residence who have obtained work permits
Basic application conditions
Hong Kong and Macau residents, foreign nationals, and nationals without household registration may apply to come to Taiwan on the grounds of “ applying for employment ” if they have obtained a work permit issued by the competent authority and meet other relevant application requirements.
Depending on the type of work permit, the competent authority, permit validity period, and application conditions are different.
In addition, the types of entry and exit documents or Taiwan stay/residence documents that can be applied for will also vary according to the applicant's nationality, type of work permit and the length of validity.
Basic seven categories of work permit application conditions
In terms of applying for a work permit to come to Taiwan to engage in work related to Subparagraphs 1 to 7 of Article 46, Paragraph 1 of the Employment Services Act ( “Basic Seven Types of Work” as mentioned on Luming’s profile page):
Generally, there are some restrictions on the three major aspects of employers, employees and employment details , and you must meet the relevant application conditions before you can apply .
If they do not meet the requirements, they must follow other application channels such as the consultation mechanism.
Common conditions and limitations of three aspects
employer
Organization or Unit Type
business or industry
Amount of capital
Proportion of overseas Chinese and foreign capital
Business performance
employee
highest education
work experience
Professional qualifications
other skills
Hiring Details
work content
Salary
working hours
Note: Not all types of work permits are required to meet the application conditions of the above three aspects; for a specific type of work permit, not all items in the three aspects are restricted at the same time. Welcome to discuss with Luming the detailed regulations applicable to specific cases.
Self-employment applicants for establishment of public institutions
You can apply for a work permit by meeting the three conditions of employer, employee and employment details required for applying for a work permit.
Therefore , if Hong Kong and Macau residents, foreigners, and nationals without registered permanent residence intend to apply for residence in Taiwan, in addition to seeking employment opportunities in Taiwan through general job-seeking methods, there is also another way to apply for residence through " self-employment *":
Employed Conditions:
First, the applicant is assessed on the basis of his or her own professional skills as to whether he or she satisfies the employment conditions required to apply for a certain type of work permit;Employer Conditions:
If so, the applicant may consider investing in Taiwan to establish a new business unit that meets the employer's requirements for the work permit;Hiring Details:
This unit employs the applicant on working conditions that meet the application requirements.
Note*: The term "self-employed" here refers to the applicant's employment of himself/herself by the business unit in which the applicant invests in new establishments or participates as a shareholder, excluding self-employed self-employed individuals.
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Common {Creating a Business Unit and Self-Employment} Approaches
The common way is to create a qualified overseas Chinese business in Taiwan,
Apply for the work permit of " B00. General Overseas Chinese Investment Business Supervisor Work ".
Take {a new company applying for a B00 work permit} as an example, the three major application conditions:
employer
It must be a company established with the approval of the competent authority, and more than 1/3 of the total number of shares or capital of the company is held by overseas Chinese or foreigners.
The following conditions related to scale or business performance must be met:
Established for less than one year:
The paid-in capital or operating capital in Taiwan is over NT$500,000, the turnover is over NT$3 million, the total import and export performance is over US$500,000, or the agency commission is over US$200,000.
Established for more than one year:
The average turnover in Taiwan in the last year or the previous three years is over NT$3 million, the average total import and export performance is over US$500,000, or the average agency commission is over US$200,000.
employee
Must be a company manager.
Learning experience:
The first person hired by the employer:
Not subject to educational experience requirements.
More than one person:
The academic experience shall be in accordance with the relevant regulations of "specialized or technical work".
Hiring Details
Work content:
Responsible for the related work of overseas Chinese investment business.
Employed salary:
The first person hired by the employer:
Not subject to salary regulations related to "specialized or skilled work".
More than one person:
The average salary for employment is based on the "specialized or technical work" regulations.
Take the application process of {Newly established company applying for B00 job application residence} as an example:
Approved by the competent authority
Completion of investment and company establishment
Related procedures
Both parties sign the employment contract to apply for and obtain a work permit
According to the applicant's nationality
Apply for applicable Taiwan entry documents
and residence permit
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The application for residence can reach the end point
Hong Kong and Macau Residents: Settled
Only those overseas graduates who are employed in Taiwan after graduation can apply for settlement and then obtain Taiwanese citizenship.
If the applicant has not studied and graduated in Taiwan as an overseas Chinese, but has come to work in Taiwan as an applicant for residency after studying in another country, no matter how many years he has experienced, he cannot apply for settlement.
Hong Kong and Macao residents who wish to apply for residency by applying for residency must meet the following three basic conditions:
Approved by the central competent business authority to come to Taiwan as a scholar and graduate (after graduation from overseas students).
Engaged in qualified work in Taiwan for 5 consecutive years, and lived in Taiwan for more than 183 days each year.
Calculated one year from the date of application for settlement, the average monthly income in Taiwan is twice the published basic salary.
Only for overseas Chinese employed in Taiwan
Foreigners: Permanent Residence/Naturalization
Foreigners who reside in Taiwan by applying for residency may apply later
Permanent Residence:
Must legally reside in Taiwan for 5 consecutive years, more than 183 days per year, and meet other relevant conditions. Those who have obtained a permanent residence permit do not acquire the nationality of the ROC.
Naturalized Nationality:
You must legally and continuously reside in Taiwan for 5 years, more than 183 days per year, and meet other relevant conditions. In principle, you must renounce your original nationality, except for those with exceptional circumstances. Those who have obtained the naturalization permit have the nationality of the Republic of China.
Unregistered nationals: settled
Nationals without registered permanent residence who reside in Taiwan by applying for residency can apply for settlement in the future, and then set up in Taiwan to obtain a ROC ID card and a ROC passport with the uniform number of the national ID card.
Applicants must meet one of the following conditions for staying in Taiwan and meet other relevant conditions:
Live in Taiwan for 3 consecutive years; or
Have lived in Taiwan for 5 years and more than 270 days per year; or
Have lived in Taiwan for 7 years and lived for more than 183 days per year.
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