D-109-V01

Operational Manual for Reviewing Employment
Permit Application of Foreign Teachers at

Cram School

Published in January 2020

Contents

1. Items of Job ............................................................................. 2

2. Qualifications .......................................................................... 2

3. Documents for Application ..................................................... 4

4. Other Regulations.................................................................... 15

Manual Instructions:This operational manual was published to make information public and improve thetransparency of reviewing operation. It is compiled in accordance with relevant
Laws and Regulations, but the reviewing criteria are still subject to the recent Laws
and Regulations. In order to flexibly response various categories of application, it
will be continuously added and revised then announced for any incomplete issue.

1Category D (teacher of cram school)
1. Items of Job for Teacher at Cram School (please check by actual condition):(1)

English teacher (01)(2)

Japanese teacher (02)(3)

German teacher (03)(4)

Spanish teacher (04)(5)

French teacher (05)(6)

Teacher of other foreign languages (99)

2. Qualifications
Serial No.
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Item

Relevant Regulations

Employer

The short term cram school

qualifications

registered in accordance withcram school approved by

Supplementary Education Act byeducational competent authority

Subparagraph 4, Paragraph 1,with filing certificate.

Article 46 of Employment Service

Kindergarten is not qualified.

Act.

Examination Principles
1. The employer shall be registered

2. The language taught by employedforeign worker shall meet withthe subject in the filing certificate
approved by educational
competent authority.

2

Foreignworker 1. According to Article 42 of

qualifications

1. The foreign worker shall be at

Qualifications and Criteria

least 20 years old at employment

Standards for Foreigners

commencement day.

Undertaking the Jobs

2. The foreign worker shall be

Designated under Article 46.1.1

graduated from institution of

to 46.1.6 of the Employment

higher education or the school

Service Act, foreign worker

with equivalent qualification.

shall have qualifications as

3. For the degree made by distance

below:

education, its school shall meet

(1) At least 20 years old.

with Article 4 of Regulations(2) Graduated from institution

Regarding the Assessment andof higher education. Those

Recognition of Foreign

who don’t have Bachelor

Academic Credentials

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degree shall attach training(hereinafter referred to as

certificate of language

Regulations Regarding theteaching.

Assessment and Recognition of(3) The language taught by theForeign Academic Credentials).

foreign teacher shall be theIn addition, the credits learned

official language of thethrough distance education shallnation listed in his/her

not be more than 1/2 of total

passport.

graduation credits in accordance

2. The degree of foreign worker

with Article 7 of Regulations

shall meet one of the following

Regarding the Assessment andconditions:

Recognition of Foreign(1) Degree of domestic or

Academic Credentials forforeign university or

Institutions of Higher Education

independent college

and Article 7 of Implementation

recognized by central

Regulations Regarding Distancesupervisory authority.

Learning by Universities.

(2) For the degree other than

4. For those foreign workers

that of above, we will verify

without Bachelor degree such as

and recognize it after our

Associate or college degree, their

missions verified foreign

study period shall be more thanworker’s certified degree in

16 months in accordance withaccordance with

Regulations Regarding theRegulations Regarding theAssessment and Recognition ofAssessment andForeign Academic Credentials.

Recognition of Foreign
Academic Credentials for
Institutions of Higher
Education and
Implementation Regulations
Regarding Distance
Learning by Universities
which were regulated bycentral supervisory
authority (Order No.
0950506890 on 15
December 2006 by Ministryof Labor).

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Item
Teaching hours

Relevant Regulations

Examination Principles

1. According to Article 42 of

For those foreign workers who wereof foreign

Qualifications and Criteria

employed by cram school to engage

teacherStandards for Foreigners

in language teaching, they shall be

Undertaking the Jobs

employed by at least one employer

Designated under Article 46.1.1

with more than 14 teaching hours per

to 46.1.6 of the Employment

week. When they were employed byService Act, the teaching hours

the second employer, the teaching

per week for foreign worker

hours per week during validity of

who was employed at the cram

employment approval mentioned

school to engage in language

above shall not be less than 6 hours.

teaching shall not be less thanThe total teaching hours per week

14 hours.

shall not exceed 32 hours.

2. If the foreign worker mentioned
in the preceding paragraph was
employed by more than 2
employers within the validity of
employment approval, theteaching hours per week foreach new employer shall not beless than 6 hours in accordancewith Paragraph 1, Article 53 of
Employment Service Act.
3. The total teaching hours per
week for foreign worker shallnot exceed 32 hours.

3. Documents for Application
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Application

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Original receipt

1. The reviewing fee receipt

1. The reviewing fee for employment ofof reviewing fee

may be exempted sinceforeign professionals is calculated byrelevant info of reviewingcase other than number of applicants.

fee receipt should be filled

The application in a same case isin the application form.

required to pay reviewing fee $500

However, it shall be subject

only.

Review Principles

to the case and the employer

Notices

2. New hire and Re-hire shall not be

may be asked to attach it.

treated as one application. Applicant(According toshall apply separately and pay the4SerialDocuments forNo.

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NoticesAnnouncement No.

supplementary reviewing fee.

10405118501 issued byConcerning job type, only one kind of

Ministry of Labor on 23

language can be chosen. Foreigners

September 2015)teaching different languages shall apply

2. Reviewing fee is NTD$500.

separately.
3. Those who apply for information
change do not need to pay reviewing
fee. Those who withdraw application
will not be refunded.
4. Those who overpay or underpay
reviewing fee or do not pay it at post
office will be asked to repay it inaccordance with regulations.
5. The refund method for overpaid(mistakenly paid) reviewing fee: The
employer will be asked to fill out
application form, check refund type andattach original receipt of overpaid(mistakenly paid) reviewing fee forrefund.
6. According to Announcement
No.0930450078 issued by Ministry of
Finance on February 11th, 2004,
profit-seeking enterprises orprofessional practitioners who pay forthe reviewing fee for applying work
permit for foreign workers with postal
GIRO deposit slips may use the receipt
as expenses.

2

Applicationform

1. The field in the application

1. The application form of new hire andform such as work category,re-hire shall be separated. Concerning

application type, unit namejob type, only one kind of language canof application, unified

be chosen. Foreigners teachingbusiness no. of applicationdifferent languages shall apply

unit, owner, unit address,

separately.

mailing address, contacts as

2. The field of positive benefits of foreign

well as specific employment

professional employment shall bereason and positive benefits

specifically entered and relevant to theof foreign worker

work. The extension application is
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employment (extension
application excluded) are
required to fill out.

Notices
excluded.
3. The employer will be asked to complete
the application if the required fields are

2. The name of application unit

not completely entered.

shall be consistent with theseal of unit; unit address
shall be the same as that in
the business registration or
institution filing registration.
3. For those who entrust
private employment service
agency for applying, thename, registration number,professionals, seals of theagency and the owner andcontact phone number shallbe filled in.
4. The seal of unit and ownershall be affixed.
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Name list of

1. The field in the name list

1. The approved employment period shall

employedsuch as name of application

be subject to that in the list of employedforeign workers

unit, name, gender,

foreign workers. However, it shall notnationality or area, date ofexceed the period of employment

birth, passport number,contract. The employer shall be asked

employment period,for confirmation of employment period

education, monthly payroll,if there is any inconsistency.

teaching hours per week,

2. 1” or 2” and color or black photo are all

title, work and address in

acceptable. The photo which was

Taiwan must not be empty

printed along with the list shall be clear

and the photo of foreign

and identifiable.

worker must be attached.
2. The personal information
shall be correctly enteredbased on passport.
3. The period of work shall beconsistent with or less thanthat of contract.
4. The address shall beconsistent with that in the6

3. The teaching hours shall be integral andthe employer will be asked for
confirmation if there is any decimal.

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Noticesfiling certificate of cramschool.
5. The teaching hours per week
shall be consistent with thatin the employment contractand schedule and meet
Article 42 of Review
Standard.
6. The seal of unit shall beaffixed.
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Certificate of

1. The ID photocopy of owner

owner identityof filed cram school.

The passport or Alien Resident Certificate
shall be valid during application.

2. If the owner is a foreigner,
his/her photocopy of
passport or Alien Resident
Certificate shall be
provided.
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Photocopy of

1. The name of application unit

For those cram schools that submit

filingand address shall beapplication for the first time, allocation

registration of

consistent with that in thenotice of unified business number shall becram school

filing certificate.

attached to ensure its correctness. The

2. The cram school shall bepermitted to teach foreign

withholding unit shall be consistent with
filed unit.

language courses.
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Photocopy of

1. The passport or ARC shall1.

The empty pages of passport can be

passport or ARC

be valid at theexempted. Where there is any(Alien Resident

commencement date ofinconsistency between the passport

Certificate) of

employment.

number for this and previous

the employedforeigner.

2. The personal information

application because of passport

page and shall be complete,replacement, only the photocopy ofclear and identifiable.

new passport shall be attached.

3. It is not admitted for the2.

If the passport number was changed

resident of mainland China

after issuance of approval letter, theto work in Taiwan except

application of information change

those from Hong Kong andshall be made separately.

Macau.

3.

4. Foreign worker shall be atleast 20 years old.

The official language of each country
shall be recognized in accordance with
the Embassies & Missions in the7SerialDocuments forNo.

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5. The language taught by

Noticeswebsite of Ministry of Foreignforeign language teacher

Affairs. In addition, the language withshall be the official language

mark of spoken, common used orof the nation listed in his/her

universal language is not official

passport.

language.
(1) If “overseas” is marked on an U.K.
passport, the holder is a Hong Kong
resident and a national of the People’s
Republic of China; Chinese andEnglish are both official languages ofHong Kong under the Hong Kong
Official Languages Ordinance(2) Both Chinese and Portuguese are
official languages of Macao under
Macao Ordinance 101/99M issued on
December, 13th, 1999.
(3) The official language of Malaysia is
Malay. English is spoken language
only.
(4) Dutch is the official language in
Netherlands. English is universal
language only.

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Photocopy of

1. The name, title, job

The labor contract shall meet regulations of

employment

description, employment

R.O.C. Any labor contract against them

contract

period, teaching hours per

shall be invalid.

week and payroll of
employed foreign worker
shall be designated in theemployment contract withsignatures of employer andemployee.
2. The work shall be that oflanguage teacher in the cramschool.
3. The employment period
shall be consistent with work
period of application (theemployment period in thecontract can be longer).
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Document

Review Principles
1. The foreigner’s name (asNotices
1. Principally, the recognizable document

relevant toshown on passport) shall befor education of foreign worker shall be

foreign worker’s

consistent with that in themainly diploma and certificate or

diploma

diploma.

transcript certificate issued by the

2. The degree type shall beschool may be recognized in certain

ensured (foreign worker

circumstance (graduation or degree dateshall be graduated fromshall be designated).

institution of higher

2. For the degree made in Nigeria,

education in accordanceAfghanistan, Algeria, Cuba,with Article 42 of

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Laos,

Examination Standard).

Burma, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Somalia,

3. Those foreign workers who

Syria, Pakistan, the Philippines,

do not have Bachelor degree

Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia

shall attach transcript for

and Indonesia shall be verified by ourstudying more than 16

missions. (Order No.10805088081 on

months (in accordance with

17 July 2019 by Ministry of Labor).

the study period for higher

3. For the degree made in mainland China,

education regulated in thethe school shall be in the recognition list

Regulations Regarding theannounced by Ministry of Education at

Assessment and Recognition

https://mewtwo.nchu.edu.tw/enroll/vmh

of Foreign Academic

d and it shall be treated by Regulations

Credentials for Institutions

Regarding the Assessment andof Higher Education) and

Recognition of Academic Credentials intraining certificate ofMainland China.

language teaching (Order

4. For the education of foreign worker not

No. 0950506890 on 15

under those required for verification

December 2006 by Ministry

mentioned above, the employer will beof Labor).

asked for verification if necessary inaccordance with Paragraph 3, Article 7
of Regulations on the Permission and
Administration of the Employment of
Foreign Workers.
5. If the foreigner was graduated from aschool not in the reference list of
Ministry of Education, a document thatproves such degree equals to auniversity or college degree issued by
the local educational competent9SerialDocuments forNo.

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Noticesauthorities shall be provided. If the
document was issued by a nation that
requires validation, both the document
and the degree certificate shall bevalidated by the representative office of
R.O.C. in that nation. The original
validation document (will returned tothe applicant after reviewing) shall besubmmitted when applying to Ministryof Labor.
6. For foreigners whose degree wasobtained via distance education,
whether the school he / she graduated isincluded in the reference list of Ministryof Education, the credits earned throughdistance education shall not be morethan 1/2 of the total graduation credits
in accordance with “Regulations
Regarding the Assessment andRecognition of Foreign Academic
Credentials for Institutions of Higher
Education”, and “Implementation
Regulations Regarding Distance
Learning by colleges or higher”. (Order
No. 0950506890 issued by Ministry ofLabor on 15 December 2006).
7. The degree achieved: Doctor, Master(called “Xiu Shi” in Japan) and Bachelor.
The degree of junior college in Japan or
associate degree would be recognized as
diploma from junior college.
8. Diploma is only for proof of degree andthe education system of located country
shall be referred for determination of
education. The website of Reference Listof Foreign Universities by Ministry of
Education:

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Notices
https://www.fsedu.moe.gov.tw/. Please
pay special attention that the degree
certificate in European countries(especially in Germany) is harder to
identify the education level.
9.The format and signature of diploma will
be verified to see if there is any
abnormality or suspect of fraud.
10. For foreigners who had a work permit
to work as a language teacher at cramschool in Taiwan issued by Ministry ofLabor, their degree need not be examinedagain when applying for new
employment in the same work category /work type by a new employer, orapplying for new hire by the same
employer because of the interruption of
employment,.
11. If the middle name of the foreigner on
the diploma is different than that on
passport, an affidavit to prove bothnames of the same person shall be
provided; if the surname is different,
proof (for example household registry,
marriage certificate etc.) shall be
provided.

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Original

1. According to Article 4 of

1. The list of designated hospital for

certificate ofRegulations Governing

foreign worker’s health examination ishealthManagement of the Healthavailable in the website of Centers for

examination

Examination of EmployedDisease Control, Ministry of Health

Aliens, one of the following

and Welfare at

documents shall be attachedhttps://www.cdc.gov.tw/Category/Page/

for employment andnU7y97g0GqJbB3kn5B-nPg.

extension application:

2. The latest 3 months mentioned in the(1) The certificate ofitem 1 of left side is calculated from

qualified healthissuance date to receipt date of healthexamination withexamination certificate.

signature of the

3. Those foreign workers who have11SerialDocuments forNo.

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physician issued withinunqualified health examination shall be

the latest 3 months bytreated in accordance with Appendix of

qualified medical

Regulations Governing Management ofinstitution in thatthe Health Examination of Employedcountry as well as its

Aliens, Principles on the Determination

Chinese version which

and Management of Items Failed in thewere verified by our

Health Examination for Designatedmissions.

Hospital (as attachment).

(2) The certificate ofqualified health

4. Original copy is required. A copy witha hospital seal is not accepted.

examination issued

5. For those who can’t finish thewithin the latest 3

vaccination before the deadline set bymonths by designatedthe central health authority, they’ll be

hospital.

considered unqualified and the

2. According to Article 4 ofemployment permission revoked

Regulations Governing

according to the 73rd Article of theManagement of the Health

Employment Services Act.

Examination of Employed
Aliens, the following
examinations and items shallbe included in the certificateof health examination:(1) Chest X-ray
examination fortuberculosis.
(2) Serological testing forsyphilis.
(3) General physicalexamination.
(4) Inspection report ofpositive antibody or
certificate of vaccination
for measles and rubella.
However, extension
application may be
exempted.
(5) Other examinations
considered as necessary
by central health12SerialDocuments forNo.

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supervisory authority
based on an epidemic
outbreak or othercharacteristics ofcountries he/she has
lived.
The employment or
extension approval shall not
be issued if any item of
health examination
mentioned above isunqualified. Those foreign
employees who meet withthe 7th and 9th Articles ofForeigner’s Health Check
Management Measures or
those who can’t attach a
vaccination certificate due toshortage of domestic
vaccines, should follow
relative rules to receive
vaccination before thedeadline set by the central
health authority.
3. According to Article 53 of
Employment Service Act,for those foreign workers
who have to transfer
employer or were employedby more than 2 employers,
the qualified certificate ofhealth examination within
the latest 3 months may not
be attached by the new
employer if the employment
period is within the validityof employment approval of
the first employer who
attached qualified certificate
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NoticesSerialDocuments forNo.

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Noticesof health examination at
application (according toLetter No. 0940008510 on 3
March 2005 by Ministry ofLabor).
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WeeklyThe teaching hours shall be

The teaching hours shall be integral and theschedule ofconsistent with that in the list of

employer will be asked for confirmation if

employed

employed foreign workers andthere is any decimal.

foreign worker

contract.

Photocopy of

1. The employment period oforiginal work

extension application shallsubmitted 4 months before the expiration of

permitbe succeeded by that of

employment approval. For the employment

original employment.

period less than 6 months, the employer

2. The original employment

The extension application shall beshall submit application after 2/3 ofapproval letter shall be

employment period passed. Any application

attached for the application

submitted earlier will be returned.

of extension or information
change.
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The foreigner

1. For foreigners temporarily

should have aemployed by cram schools,

one of the 25 nations in the publiccertified

this document shall beannouncement, it must be validated bydocument of

attached when applying forthe representative office of Taiwan ingood behavior

work permit for the firstthat nation. (according to Orderissued by his/hertime.

No.10805088081 issued by Ministry oforiginal passportst

1 -time applicants:

country toforeigners that no cram

2. For foreigners that previously obtained

certify that

schools have ever applieda work permit to work as a foreign

he/she has nofor employment permit,

language teacher at a cram school,

national

including those alreadyCertificate is exampted.

criminal record

employed in otherof sexual assault

professional work categories

Clearance Certificate: when applying

or harassment,

and applying for the workfor the Police Clearance Certificate, thesexualpermit to work as a teacher

applicant needs to submit the

exploitation andin a cram school for the firstsupplementary document issued bybullying, ortime.

Ministry of Labor to the Ministry of

The valid period for Good

Hong Kong Police Force, and therights ofManner Certificate: must be

Ministry of Hong Kong Police Forcechildren andvalid within 6 months

will send the original copy of Police

abusing the2.

Qualifications for

1. If Good Manner Certificate is issued byLabor on July 17st, 2019)

3. For H.K. citizens applying for Police

14SerialDocuments forNo.

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Noticesadolescents.

starting from the issued date

Clearance Certificate directly to the(according totill receiving the application.

Ministry of Labor instead of theamendments ofapplicant.

Paragraph 4,
Article 9 ofSupplementary
Education Act
by Presidential
Order onJune,14th, 2017
and Regulation
No.
10705049261
issued by
Ministry ofLabor on May,
11th, 2018)

4. Other Regulations
Serial No.
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Item

Relevant Regulations andNoticeDescription

Declaration of

For those would like to pick up in

picking up in

person, please fill out and submit

personyour declaration of picking up in
person at the counter in the
Ministry of Labor. Registered mailis not accepted.

2

Principle of

The seals of employer and owner

The seal of application unit shall beaffixing withmust be affixed to every page ofthat of cram school if it is a subordinate

seal

the application; for the copiedof company.

document attached in theapplication, the words of “inconformity with the original” shallbe noted with the seal of employer
unit and owner.

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Item

Relevant Regulations andNoticeDescription

The treatment

It shall be treated in accordance

principle ofwith Article 46-1 of Regulations on

extension application when originalextension

the Permission and Administration

employment expired, it shall beapplication forof the Employment of Foreign

treated as new employment

an overdue

Workers.

application and payroll withholding

employment

1. For the employer who submits

certificate and consolidated income
tax return certificate of overseas
Chinese shall be attached.
2. For exceptional cases that theemployer submit re-application
within 15 days from original
employment overdue date(description letter shall be attached
and it is limited to once only) inaccordance with Article 46-1 ofRegulations on the Permission and
Administration of the Employment
of Foreign Workers, the extension
application shall be consented andemployment period shall be traced(Examiner shall note in the system
so that no re-application shall be
submitted based on this next time).

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Change ofteaching hours

1. Information change: if there is

For example, cram school A applies forany teaching hours change forforeign teacher A to be English teacher

employed foreign teacher

with 16 teaching hours. After

during original approval period

approved, cram school B applies for(at least 14 teaching hours per

employment of foreign teacher A withweek in the original approval

18 teaching hours:changed to more than 14 hours

1. If the teaching hours of cram schoolor less than 14 teaching hours

A changes from 16 to 14 hours,

per week in the originalcram school A shall submit

approval changed to less thanapplication of information change

14 hours), changed contract,

to us.

schedule and list of foreign

2. If the teaching hours of cram school

workers shall be attached for

A changes from 16 to 12 hours

change application.

without change of teaching hours of

2. Teaching hours change shall betreated by new application:
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cram school B, cram school A shallsubmit termination application

Serial No.

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Relevant Regulations andNoticeDescription(1) Less than 14 teaching
hours per week in theoriginal approval changed
to more than 14 hours: For
original application withless than 14 teaching hours
attached to that of other
employer (more than 14hours) to achieve morethan 14 teaching hours,
attachment of that of other
employer may not be
required. Termination
application of original
employment approval shallbe made before new
employment application to
succeed the employment
period.
(2) More than 14 teaching
hours per week in theoriginal approval changed
to less than 14 hours:a. If the teaching hours of
the other employer are
also less than 14 hours,
2 employers shallapply for terminationof employment due tounmet Article 42 of
Examination Standard.
b. If the teaching hours of
the other employer are
more than 14 hours, it
can be changed toattach to that of other
employer. Therefore,
termination applicationof original
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employment approvalshall be made before
new application to
succeed employment
period. However, theemployment period
shall be coordinatedwith that of the other
employer.
(3) The hours changementioned above shall still
meet Article 42 of
Examination Standard.

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Validity period

According to Article 52 of

Ministry of Labor may decide it basedof the work

Employment Service Act, theon the application of employer andpermitlongest validity period of work

circumstance of the case as well as visit

permit is 3 years. The validity ofor activate consultation mechanism

work permit shall be approved

when necessary.

based on the above regulation,
application by the employer andthe signed contract.
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Document for

According to Article 53 of

employment

Employment Service Act, newtransfer

employer will be required toensure whether the foreign worker
replaces employer if he/she was
employed by other employers
during employment application:
1. Yes: please provide termination
certificate or ask previous
employer for employment
termination.
2. No: it will be regarded as parttime work and documents may
be exempted.

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Translation ofTranslated Chinese version for

All the required documents written in a

Documents

documents submitted by theforeign language should be extracted

employer shall be attached if theand translated into Chinese. The scope18

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Relevant Regulations andNoticeDescription
documents are not made inoftranslation

should include

Chinese. (Order No. 10705009021

requiredissued by Ministry of Labor on

qualification set by the regulations, as

February, 9th, 2018)

well as the document issuing or signing

relevant

contents

theofunit, the signatory name and title,
signing date,…etc. (when the signatoryname is a foreign one, the original fullname should be stated in Chinesetranslation). The translated content
shouldn’t contradict the facts written in
the original document.

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Attachment Principles on the determination and management of items failed in the healthexamination for designated hospital
Test Item

Principles on the recognition and management of failed items

Chest Ｘ-Ray

1. Active pulmonary tuberculosis or tuberculous pleurisy is consideredexamination fortuberculosis

unqualified.
2. Inactive tuberculosis including roentgen graph diagnoses of fibro calcified
tuberculosis, calcified lesions, or pleura thickening is considered qualified.
3. If the alien employee was diagnosed as tuberculosis suspect or “can’t get adefinite diagnosis”, the designated hospital shall inform the employer
within 15 days of receiving the health examination report to bring the alien
employee and the health examination report to the designated institutions fordouble check.
4.

Pregnant woman could have three sputum specimens obtained by thedesignated institutions for microscopic examination instead of Chest X-Ray
for tuberculosis exam. If either specimen is positive (with the exception of
nucleic acid amplification test negative in the same specimen), case isconsidered unqualified.

5.

When employed aliens are detected with active pulmonary tuberculosis or
fail a chest X-ray for tuberculosis exam during the health examinations after
entry, with the exception of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis, may be
handled by regulations of Article 9 of this set of Regulations..

Serological testing for

1. By the results of the methods listed by laboratory conditions required forsyphilis

reporting of syphilis announced by the central competent health authority,
when the laboratory testing results meet the definition of syphilis reporting,the cases are considered "unqualified".
2. Cases unqualified by the serological testing for syphilis may, by regulationsof Subparagraph 3, Paragraph 2 of Article 7 of this set of Regulations,
undergo treatment.

Stool examination forintestinal parasites

1.

Blastocystis hominis and Entamoeba such as Entamoeba hartmanni,
Entamoeba coli, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba butschlii, Dientamoeba fragilis
and Chilomastix mesnili: no cure is required and cases are consideredpassing.

2. Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar (including cyst and trophozoite): designatedhospitals shall notify competent health authorities in municipalities orcounties (cities) within 24 hours, and the employers at the same time, to help
the employed foreign workers. Cases shall return to the original hospital forthree collections of fresh fecal specimens (once a day) (a size of the thumb at
the minimum (about 3-5 g); no fixation fluid shall be added; kept at 4 ℃).
The specimens shall be transported under cool condition together with the20

already fixated and dyed original specimens and referral slips (shall betransported under frozen condition) within 24 hours after each collection to
the Center for Disease Control for assessment diagnosis. If the specimens are
confirmed to be Entamoeba dispar, they are considered passed; if they are
Entamoeba histolytica, they are considered failed and designated hospitals
should issue the health checkup report accordingly.
3. Intestinal helminthes or other protozoa such as flagellate, infusorians, andsporozoite: cases are considered failing in the examination.
4.

Cases that failed Stool Examination for Parasites should be handled inaccordance with regulations of Subparagraph 4, Paragraph 2, Article 7.

Proof of
Positive Measles
and Rubella
Antibody or Measles
and Rubella.
Vaccination
CertificatesIndividuals tested negative for measles and rubella antibody and carry no

Testing for Hansen's

1. Upon diagnosis by observation of skins, when suspected lesions of Hansen'sdiseasevaccination certificate for measles or rubella are considered “unqualified.”
However, they are considered “qualified” if by assessment of physicians that
there are contraindications against vaccination of measles and rubella.

disease are detected, further examination shall be arranged or cases be
assisted in referral to dermatology department for examination; byregulations of the Communicable Disease Control Act, they shall be reported
to competent authorities.
2. For those that further examination is required, cases shall be, within 15 days
after the next day of the receipt of the health examination certificate, referred
to a designated hospital for re-examination. Cases having the following two
conditions at the same time are considered “ unqualified” :(1)continuous loss of sensation or change on the skin lesions or

enlargement of nerves;(2) Mycobacterium leprae is detected on skin smear (or histologicalpathology), or on histological pathology slides, granulomas reaction
meeting Hansen's disease is found.
3. Cases unqualified in Hansen's disease examination, may, by regulations ofArticle 9 of this set of Regulations, request for DOTS services.

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