Setting up a Branch or Factory

Application Procedures

There are different investment application procedures for investment in factories in Taiwan by overseas Chinese and foreign nationals, and for foreign companies that establish branches or offices in Taiwan.

Setting up Factories

Investors should first submit the name chosen for their company in the ROC to the Department of Commerce, MOEA, for verification and recording. For investments in ordinary industrial zones (excluding export processing zones and science-based industrial parks), investors should file their application with the Investment Commission, MOEA. (Address: 8F, 7 Roosevelt Rd., Sec. 1, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Tel: +886-2-3343-5700).

Establishing a Branch Subsidiary/Company

First apply to the Commerce Department, MOEA for investigation and approval of the foreign company's Chinese-language name and its business within the territory of the Republic of China, and then apply to the same department for foreign-company recognition, investment verification, and registration of branch office in the ROC. Then register the business with the department of reconstruction of the city or county government in the jurisdiction of which the branch is located.

Establishing Representative Offices

Report the establishment of the representative office to the Department of Commerce and obtain a certificate of approval.

After receiving approval for their investment, investors may use their letter of approval to apply for inward remittance of capital and, after the completion of capital verification by the Investment Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, may carry out company registration, business registration, and application for factory construction and utilities.

Application Examination Procedures

Current investment application examination procedures are as follows:

• For investments or capital increases that involve no more than NT$500 million and are not in areas listed in the Negative List for Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals, the examination procedure will be completed within two to four days.
• For investments or capital increases that involve more than NT$500 million to no more than NT$1.5 billion and are not in areas listed in the Negative List for Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals, the examination procedure will be completed within three to five days.
• For major investment or capital increase cases that involve more than NT$1.5 billion, mergers and acquisitions, investment loans, or those areas listed in the Negative List for Investment by Overseas Chinese and Foreign Nationals, the examination procedure will be completed within ten to twenty days.
• For international mergers and acquisitions or extraordinary applications, the examination procedure will be completed within twenty to thirty days.

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