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(b) Criteria for Graduates of World’s Top work permit), which is valid for one to
Universities to Come and Work in Taiwan:
Graduates from the Ministry of Education’s
official list of World’s Top Universities
engaging in specialized or technical work in
Taiwan are no longer required to have two
years of experience.
(c) Work permits for foreign freelance artists:
Foreign freelance artists are allowed to
obtain work permits by applying directly to
the Ministry of Labor without going through
their employers first.
(3) Dependents of foreign professionals, foreign
(d) Issuance of job search visas: Foreigners
coming to Taiwan to seek professional
employment and in need of a long-term visa
to conduct job searches may apply for job
search visas that will allow them to stay for
up to six months.
(2) Foreign special professionals
(a) Definition: A foreign professional in
possession of a special expertise, which is
determined and announced by the central
competent authority within the industry
concerned, in the fields of: science and
technology, business, education, culture and
the arts, sports, finance, law, architectural
design, national defense, or other fields
needed in Taiwan; or who has been
recognized by the competent authority in
consultation with the central competent
authority of the industry concerned as 2. Provisions for stay or residence of foreign
possessing special expertise.
(1) Exemption from applying for a resident visa:
(b) Issuance of Employment Gold Cards:
Relaxation of channels for issuance of
the 4-in-1 work permit, resident visa, Alien
Resident Certificate, and re-entry permit
in the Employment Gold Card (individual
Advantageous Environment
three years, by the Immigration Bureau for
foreign special professionals planning to
engage in professional work in Taiwan with
re-application prior to expiry permitted to
facilitate job search and changing jobs.
(c) Work permit extensions: The validity of work
permits for foreign special professionals hired
for professional work is extended from three
to five years; an extension may be applied for
upon expiration of the work permit.
special professionals and foreign senior
professionals
(a) The following individuals are exempt
from applying for work permits: Foreign
professionals, foreign special professionals,
and foreign senior professionals and their
spouses, minor children, and adult children
who are unable to care for themselves due to
mental or physical disabilities, who have been
granted permanent residency.
(b) Issuance of individual work permits to
adult children: The adult children of foreign
professionals, foreign special professionals, or
foreign senior professionals with permanent
residency, who meet specific conditions for
residency, may apply for a individual work
permit.
professionals and their dependents
Professionals entering visa-free or on a
visitor's visa and engaging in professional
work in Taiwan without needing to obtain
prior permission, is exempt from applying
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