EZ Work Taiwan

From 2018 February 8, Work permit application for school teacher shall be submitted to and issued by Ministry of Education.

Foreigners be employed for teaching official language used in the country specified in the passport of the teacher in a short-term cram school registered in accordance with Supplementary Education Act.

Foreigners who meet specific qualification be employed for sports coaching or athlete. For example, a sports coach should hold a National Coaching Certificate or an athlete should have participated in national or international sport competition.

Foreigners engage in arts or performing arts occupation in regulated work place.

A foreign legal person appoints a foreigner worker to engage in works in order to perform contracts of construction, sale, technical cooperation and so forth necessities. The related regulation is different based on foreigners’ staying period.

Apply by wages and work experience: There are 6 categories open for foreign employees to work in Taiwan. Different working category is followed by different regulations (Read Foreign Professionals to Work in Taiwan to get more details). Foreigners be employed for specialized or technical works should meet the regulations of wage, education level, and working qualification.

Apply by New Scoring Criteria for Foreign and Overseas Chinese Students to Work in Taiwan: Considering that foreign and overseas Chinese students have studied in Taiwan and cultivated by national resources, and they have learned Taiwanese culture and language to some extent, the government and business should first employ them to stay and work in Taiwan.
Thus, the Ministry of Labor has announced new scoring criteria since July 3, 2014. Instead of the amount of wage, the employer and foreign and overseas Chinese student will be assessed based on eight criteria, including education, salary, work experience, Chinese and other language proficiency, background, and collaborative support for governmental industrial developmental policies, etc. The MOL will distribute employment permits to those who score above 70 points.For more information, please refer to Announcement dated July 11, 2024.