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  •  Date of update:2023-09-21
  •  Date of inspection:2023-09-21

Documents required for foreign professional employment work permit application (ASO)

  Required Document New Hire Extension Notes
1 Original receipt for examination fee (V) (V) 1.NT $500 per case
2.Need not attached once entering the data of receipt on the system (or filling in the application form).Nevertheless, it might be requested if necessary.
2 Application  
3 Name List of the employed foreign workers  
4

The photocopy of a valid dependent alien resident certificate issued by the immigration authority

Must be valid on the date the employment begins. 
5 Document of Marital relationship of foreigner.  
6 Photocopy of one of the following employed foreign worker qualifications documents:
(1) Photocopies of foreigner obtained professional and technical test qualification certificate or licensing documents.

(2) (A) Photocopies of foreigner obtained bachelor’s diploma from related foreign or domestic university departments and photocopies of 2 years or more work experience documents after obtaining bachelor’s degree.(B) Photocopy of document certifying graduate degree or higher.
(3) Photocopy of document certifying assignment of foreigner, who has served in a multinational corporation for at least 1 full year, to a post in the R.O.C.
(4) Document certifying professional training of foreigner: (A) Photocopy of document certifying 5 or more years of related experience, (Foreigners employed by the startup businesses recognized as capable of innovation 
by the agreement with the central competent authorities in consultation with the central industry competent authorities are not subject to the limitation of 
five-year related experience.)(B) Photocopy of document certifying related special performance and originality (both certifying documents must be provided).
  5-(2)

※Foreigners with 2 year work experience waiver should conform to one of the following criteria: 1.Employed foreign worker is a foreign exchange student, overseas Chinese students, and other student of Chinese origin graduated from a domestic public or government accredited private university or college starting from academic year 2001.
2.Employer possesses one of the following qualifications: 

a. Obtained the following certificates issued by the MOEA, “certificate of the range of the enterprise operational headquarter”, “approval letter of domestic and foreign enterprises’ plan to establish the R&D centers in Taiwan”, “certificate of IPO award” (with one year validity starting from the next date of receiving award) or companies belonging to any of the 11 types of manufacturing enterprises and technical service enterprises as set out under Annex 10 of Paragraph 1 of Article 5 of the Regulations for Encouraging Manufacturing Enterprises and Technical Service Enterprises in the Newly Emerging, Important and Strategic Industries, and obtained the “approval letter of the Newly Emerging, Important and Strategic Industries” before the repeal of the that regulations.
b. Business entities in Science Parks which hire foreigners to undertake the design, upgrade of industry techniques, or research & development, relevant research, business promotion of special language areas abroad and market survey and analysis for the purpose of product manufacturing or labor services.
c. Business entities meet the requirement of Directions of Recognition for Startups with Innovation Capability.
3. Those recuiting specialized or technical personnel in response to industry environment changes and assist business apporoved by the central competent authorities.

7 Copy of special qualification certificate of foreigner   According to respective item of Category A Work, please attach if needed.
8 Copy or photocopy of the employment contract It must specify the name of the employed foreigner, nationality, job title or work
description (sufficient to tell the scope of work), employment period, wages and
compensation, and must be executed by both the employer and the employee.
9 Taiwanese ID, foreign passport or ARC of the person in charge of the entity or architect (employer)/ accountant (employer)/ lawyer (employer)    Must be valid on the date of applying. 
10 Photocopy of applicant entity’s company registration or business registration    Exempt in the case where the employer is a natural person.
11 Photocopy of license for specially permitted business   Photocopy of employ’s construction industry certification approved and registered by the central competent authority or employer’s architect businesses certificate and documents certifying architectural experience of two years or more.
12 Document of average turnover of employer. Please provide one of the following document according to types of employers:
1. Whereas the employer is a representative office of a foreign company, whose establishment has been approved by the authority concerned at the central government level, with actual performance records, provided that no such performance records are needed.
2. Administrative juridical person: Document of the administrative juridical person established pursuant to laws. 
3.Non-government organization: Document of a representative office, secretariat, headquarter, or branch in Taiwan of a non-government organization, and its establishment was or is approved by the authority concerned at the central government level.

※If employers hiring foreigners engaging in partly working hours and special and technical work are domestic companies, foreign branch company established in the Republic of China or Mainland China branch company established in the Republic of China, it is not necessary to provide document of this category.

13 Photocopy of last year’s most recent payroll withholding statement of employed foreign worker (or tax withheld at source)   (V) Need not attached .Nevertheless, it might be requested if necessary.
14 Declaration of total working hours of foreigner in the most recent year   Declaration does not have standard format. However, the statistic period working hours shall be in accordance with the period of the attached withholding statement.
15 Photocopy of original employment permit    Need not attached once entering the permit number on the system.
16 When employed foreign worker is a minor, legal representative employment consent documents and photocopy of passport of legal representative    

※Documents required for termination of employment relationship (dismissal): 1. Application 2. Photocopy of employment permit(Need not attached once entering the permit number on the system). 3. Photocopy of residence permit 4. Document certifying termination of employment relationship

※Documents required for replacement employment permit: 1. Application (please check“Re-issue on application and write“permit number”) 2. Grounds for replacement affidavit .

※Any documents in a language other than English must be translated into Chinese.

※If the certificate was issued by the country in the announced list, verification from our missions shall be made first. The employer can submit the photocopy of the documents for review. However, it shall be subject to the case and the employer may be asked to provide the original documents.