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After the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals became effective on October 25, 2022, do foreigners obtaining permanent residency or acquiring nationality of the State by naturalization need to apply for work permits?
Publish Unit

Cross-Border Workforce Affairs Center

Date of update

2022-11-28

Date of inspection

2024-04-19

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263


  1. According to Article 7, Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, A foreign professional, foreign special professional, or foreign senior professional, their spouse, child under the age of majority, and child over the age of majority who is unable to live independently due to physical or mental disability, having obtained permanent residency, need not apply to the Ministry of Labor or Ministry of Education for a permit to engage in work in the State. Because the said Act is a special law, if foreigners meet the said qualification do not need to apply open work permit as stipulated in Article 51 of the Employment Service Act.
  2. According to Article 25, Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, A person who has acquired nationality of the State by naturalization but has not established household registration in the State, and who enters the State as holder of a ROC passport to engage in professional work or seek employment, is exempted from applying for a work permit. Because the said Act is a special law, if foreigners meet the said qualification do not need to follow the Article 79 of the Employment Service Act.