Work Permit Help

As of May 2003 all foreigners who are married to a local Taiwanese citizen no longer need a work permit. The government passed a law allowing an open work permit to these individuals. You now have the right to work just like a Taiwanese!

UPDATE: Please note that this section has not been updated since like 2003-2004, however, the overall information is still mostly accurate. The only thing different now is that you do not need any forms to work, you just tell your employer you can work like them, that's it, they copy your ID and submit it, you are done. There is no more paperwork and other BS to follow anymore. If you are married with a JFRV then it is simple to work. If your empoyeer requests all kinds of other documentaion they dont know what they are doing, or you are working for a different kind of organization that may require additional paperwork. So before getting pissed off, please check it out, though under most circumstances it is very simple!

Here is the new information for Work Permits for those of you who are married or in some instances in other cases you may be able to apply for this Work Permit. Please read everything carefully. There are files you need for more attached at the bottom. I have put them in both Word and Adobe Acrobat formats for your convenience.

TO: Foreign Spouses in the ROC area

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES ACT ARTICLE 51 APPLICATION FORMS AND COMMENTARY

New regulations for OPEN WORK PERMITS were announced on January 21, 2002.

Article 51.01.01 applies to foreign spouses married to ROC citizens,who have residency based on marriage.

NNFS has obtained beta copies of the forms and attached additional commentary and analysis herewith. Please find attached WORD file. There are Chinese characters included on some pages.

If you or your friends, associates, jogging partners, etc. have further questions, give Richard an email at richard@oriented.org

NNFS encourages you to apply with the Council of Labor Affairs by registered mail. Don't expect to get coherent explanations of anything if you go to the CLA in person!! All of this is very, very new, and the volunteer girls at the counter haven't even figured out the old regulations yet!

The actual screening of applications is done by officials upstairs, and they are very busy.

You will want to have a full grasp of the five categories of people eligibile for these vastly simplified application procedures for a work permit.

51.01.01 -- foreign spouses, who have residency based on marriage

51.01.02 -- refugees or stateless persons, who have residency

51.01.03 -- those foreigners who have resided and worked continuously in the ROC for five years or more

51.01.04 -- lineal blood relatives of ROC citizens

51.01.05 -- permanent resident foreigners

The Application Forms are slightly different for each category. What you are getting today are the application forms and commentary for those foreigners who are married to ROC nationals, so-called foreign spouses.

If the pages don't download exactly into your computer, you may have to adjust the spacing a bit. Play around with the APPLICATION FORM so that it fits on one page. The margins are set quite wide.

Feel free to resend these files to anyone you want. You can also print them out, photocopy them, and pass them around.

These application forms are ready to go. We encourage you to fill them out and send them to the CLA so that you can get your Open Work Permit for the ROC area in a short amount of time.

(c) 2002..03.01
National Network of Foreign Spouses

liaison officer: Richard W. Hartzell

1st Fl., No. 158 Hsing Yun Street

Nei Hu District

Taipei 114, TAIWAN

We look forward to Taiwan making further advances toward true internationalization in 2002. We expect to have some further initiatives in the Legislative Yuan. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and donations!

richard@oriented.org

This form is the latest version -- 2002.02.14 5:35pm The file name is Art51APP1.doc If you are saving this to disc, it is recommended that you use this file name.

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