G-107-V01

Operational Manual for Reviewing Employment Permit
Application of Contract-fulfilling Foreigners

Published in May 2018

Contents
1. Job Items and Description ........................................................................ 2

2. Qualifications of Foreign Worker............................................................ 11

3. Qualifications of Domestic Contracting Entity and Application Entity . 18

4. Documents for Application .................................................................... 28

5. Other Regulations ................................................................................... 48

Appendix 1. Review Principles for Mainland China Education of Foreign
Workers Applying for Employment Permit to Perform
Professional and Technical Work ...................................................52
Appendix 2. Review Principles for Internationally Renowned Culinary
Institutes and International Licenses of Culinary Instructors ........54

Manual Instructions:This operational manual was published to make information public andimprove the transparency of reviewing operation. It is compiled inaccordance 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.

Category G (Contract-fulfilling Work)The execution of out-sourcing, transaction, or technical cooperation contract requires a foreign legal
entity to designate its employee of a foreign nationality to engage in below job items in Taiwan.

1. Job Items and Description:(1) Items:
1. Construction and maintenance or architecture techniques (Code 01)
2. Communications and transportation (Code 02)
3. Tax and financial services (Code 03)
4. Practice of real estate agency (Code 04)
5. Immigration services (Code 05)
6. Practice of attorneys, or of patent attorneys (Code 06)
7. Practice of technicians (Code 07)
8. Health care (Code 08)
9. Environmental protection (Code 09)
10. Culture, sports, and recreation services (Code 10)
11. Academic research (Code 11)
12. Practice of veterinarians (Code 12)
13. Manufacturing (Code 13)
14. Wholesales (Code 14)
15. Other work designated by the joint consultation of the central competent authority and thecentral competent authorities with jurisdiction. (Code 15)(1) Foreigners engaged in management, design, planning or consultation in the professional,
scientific or technical service business.
(2) Foreigners worked as a chef in the catering industry.

(3) Foreign workers teaching cooking in short-term cram schools established bycorporations.
(2) Descriptions:
Code01

Job Items
Construction andmaintenance orarchitecturetechniques

02

Communications andtransportation
1. Jobs relevant toland transportation
business

2. Jobs relevant tomaritime andaviationtransportation
business

Descriptions
Technical instruction or quality
control of construction andmaintenance as well as planning,
design, supervision or technicaladvice of architecture project.

1-1 Planning, designing,
implementation & supervision,
consulting & operation andmaintenance work for
railways, highways and mass
rapid transit systems (MRT).
1-2 Installations, maintenance,technical supervision, testingand operations of the facilities
for passenger and cargo
carriages for railways,
highways and MRT that areeither imported from foreigncountries or manufactured
domestically by foreigncompanies.
1-3 Examination and testing of
instruments purchased
overseas and R&D work that
can help upgrade landtransportation techniques.
2-1 Planning, designing,
implementation & supervisionand evaluations of harbors andpiers.
2-2 Management of commercial
harbor facilities and salvage
work, the construction,
maintenance, installations,

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Review Criteria
1.Shall fill “Category G” inthe category of occupationsin the application form.
2.This application may apply
mutatis mutandis to contract
performance content offoreign legal persons,assigning foreigners toreceive training domesticallyor Taiwanese companies
providing technical output.
3.According to Article 11-3 ofRegulations on the
Permission and
Administration of the
Employment of Foreign
Workers, in the event thatthe qualification
requirements to be obtained
for a foreign worker to allow
him/her to engage in the jobs
under Subparagraph 1 or 2
of Paragraph 1 of Article 46of the Act are consistent
with certain methods andconditions of professional
practice, such foreign
worker shall additionallysatisfy the requirements by
the laws and regulations
promulgated by the centralcompetent authority withjurisdiction. Therefore, if thejob item applied by theforeign worker requires ournation’s vocational license

Code

Job Items

3. Jobs relevant topostal business

Descriptions
Review Criteria
technical supervision, testingor certificate, theand operations of the facilities,
qualification and job content
and R&D work that can help
shall follow the
upgrade harbor operation
requirements by the laws
techniques.
and regulations promulgatedby the central competent
2-3 Constructing and maintenanceauthority with jurisdiction.
of ships and containers and the
4.Foreigners perform the work
R&D work that can helpof air-transportation or
upgrade related techniques.
test-fly, pilot training,
2-4 Training and management ofcommercial aircraft
personnel in the maritime
flying, domestic commercial
industry and other work that(aircraft) flying, aircraft
can help upgrade theengine, fuselage ordevelopment of maritime
electronic communication
business.
visa related field shall
2-5 Planning and construction ofsubmit the application withcivil aviation terminals andCode 02 Communications
supporting facilities.
and Transportation (Sea
2-6 Maintenance, purchasing ofTransportation).
aircraft that can help upgrade
Nevertheless, domestic
air transportation techniques,contracting entity that does
civil aviation facility checknot comply with contract ofand technical supervision.
civil aviation transportation
2-7 Personnel training, operational
industry qualified training
management, transportation of
institution shall submit theaircrafts, test flies, training of
application with Code 15.
pilots and co-pilots,commercial aviation and other 5.Besides, contracts of
non-tethered balloon pilot
R&D work that helps toshall be reviewed in
upgrade air transportationaccordance with Article 17
development.
and 18. If the domestic
3-1 Planning, designing,
contracting entity runs
examination, implementation
general aviation business, it& supervision of postal
shall submit the application
machinery and facility
with Code 02. As for
systems.
tethered balloon pilot's
3-2 Verification and production
domestic contracting entity
supervision of instruments(without the qualification ofpurchased overseas and R&D
general aviation business), it
work that can help upgrade
shall submit the application
postal techniques.
with Code 15.
3-3 Research, designing, technical
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Job Items

4. Jobs relevant totelecommunications business

5. Jobs relevant totourism business

Descriptions
Review Criteria
supporting, maintenance of
6.The job “chef” stated in
postal machinery and facilities
Code 02 Communications
and personnel training.
and Transportation (Tourism
Industry) and Code15
4-1 Planning, designing,(Catering Industry) is
implementation & supervision
defined as shown below (inof telecommunicationaccordance with theengineering and techniques.
Standard Classification of
4-2 Examination, manufacturing,
Occupations oftechnical supervision of
Directorate-General of
instruments purchased
Budget, Accounting andoverseas and R&D work that
Statistics, Executive Yuan):can help upgrade(1) Executive Chef: Refers totelecommunication techniques.
the person who monitors
4-3 Research, designing, technicaland plans cooking
supporting, technicalrelevant works at thesupervision and maintenancecatering location, designsof telecommunication
the menu and makes thefacilities.
dishes creative. However,
4-4 Telecommunication personnel
cooking is not on the list
training.
of the person’s jobs.
4-5 Designing and technical(2) Chef: Refers to the
supports for
person who performs
telecommunication
cooking at hotel, in thevalue-added network.
restaurant or in / at any
4-6 Planning, designing,other locations. However,
implementation & supervisioncooking simple orof radio wave techniques usedpre-made fast food are notin radio and television
included (such as commis
broadcasting.
III and sous-chef)
5-1 Operational management of
tourist hotels and travelindustries, tour guides, tour
leaders and other R&D workthat helps upgrade the tourism
industry.
5-2 Tourist hotel, hotel operationand food & beveragetechniques that are lacking inthis country.
5-3 Planning, developing andoperational management of
tourist attractions or recreation
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Code

Job Items
6. Jobs relevant tometeorology
industry03

7. Planning andmanagement relevantto the businesses
above
Tax and financial
services
1. Jobs relevant tosecurities & future
trading

2. Job relevant to

Descriptions
areas.
6-1 Collection, evaluation,
management, supplying andinformation exchange of theinternational meteorology,
earthquakes, and marine
meteorology.
6-2 Technical research andsupervision of meteorology,
earthquakes, and marine
meteorology.
6-3 Testing and maintenancesupervision of instrumentspurchased overseas and R&D
work that can help upgrade
meteorology, earthquakes, andmarine meteorology
techniques.
6-4 Incubation and training of
personnel related tometeorology, earthquakes, andmarine meteorology and therecognition and verification of
meteorology, earthquakes,
marine meteorology, volcano
and seismic sea wave.
Planning and management of
items above.

1-1 Planning, research, analysis,
management, and newtechnique initiation work on
securities and marketablesecurities.
1-2 Future trading, investment,
analysis, auditing in thefinancial and business sectors,
or new techniques initiation.
Financial industry: depositing,5

Review Criteria

Code

Job Items
financial industry

3. Job relevant toinsurance industry

04
05

06
07
08

4. Job relevant toassisting businessaccounting affairs.
5. Jobs to treat
business regulated
by Certified Public
Accountant Act
Job relevant to realestate agency
Job relevant toimmigration services

Descriptions
crediting, investing, trusting,foreign exchange, other financial
businesses recognized by thecentral competent authorities,
along with authority concerned at
the central government level andthe planning, research & analysis,
management & consulting work ofthese business sectors.
Insurance industry: Claims for life
or property insurance, approval of
insurance policy, actuary,investment, information,
re-insurance, insurance brokerage,
insurance agent, training,
notarization, engineering, risk
management or new techniques
initiation.
Assisting business accounting
affairs.
Jobs to treat business regulated by
Certified Public Accountant Act.

Brokerage or selling of real estates
1. Consultation of immigration
fund and brokerage services
related to investment
immigrating. The idea is toprotect the rights of theimmigrants.
2. Other consultation services
related to immigration.

Practice of attorneys,
or of patent attorneys
Practice of technicians
Job relevant to health 1. Physician, traditional Chinese
care
medical practitioner, dentist,
pharmacist, medical
technologist, medical radiation
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Code

Job Items09

Job relevant toenvironmental
protection

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Job relevant toculture, sports, andrecreation services
1. Job relevant topublication industry

2. Job relevant tomotion pictureindustry
3. Job relevant towireless, cable, andsatellite

Descriptions
technologist, physical therapist,
licensed nurse, nutrition
specialist, clinical psychologist,
counseling psychologist,
respiratory therapist, speech
pathologist, dental technician,licensed midwife, an
occupational therapist, oraudiologist relevant jobs.
2. Other than the professionals as
set forth in the preceding
Paragraph, any other medical
specialist or technician whom isrecognized as necessary inhealthcare business by the joint
consultation of the central
governing authority and centralcompetent authorities.
1. Personnel training.
2. Research and development oftechniques.
3. Installations, operations andmaintenances ofpollution-prevention
instruments.

Management, foreign-language
scriptwriting, editing, translationor compilation for newspapers,
magazines or books; management,
production or music composing,new facilities & techniques
initiation for audio publication.
Motion picture production,screenplay writing, art designing,
promotion, direction, or new
techniques initiation.
Program designing andproduction, foreign-language
scriptwriting, translation &7

Review Criteria

7.Code10 Culture, Sports, andRecreation Services:(1) Foreigner who comes to
Taiwan to perform Code
10 sports training andinstruction works shallinstruct technicians inrelevant fields (such as
seed teachers, performing
artists etc.) and shall notgive relevant sports
trainings directly tocitizens.
(2) For reporters who weresent to Taiwan by foreign
media without

Code

Job Items
broadcasting(including programsupply business)
industries
4. Job relevant toservice industry
related to arts,
culture and sports

5. Job relevant tolibrary and archive
preserving
industries:

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12
13

6. Job relevant tomuseums, historical
heritages and otherorganizations
dedicated topreserving cultural
assets
7. Job relevant torecreational services
business
Academic research
Job relevant toveterinarians
Job relevant tomanufacturing

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Job relevant towholesales

15

Other work
designated as per the

Descriptions
editing, announcing & dubbing,directing & program hosting,management or new techniques
initiation.
Literary work, commentary,
operation and management of arts
& culture activities, agents for art
talents and models, operation &management of sports venues,
judges (referees) for sports
competition, sports (training)
instructor, or organizer for sports
events.
Data collecting and maintaining,transformation of data into
photographs, maps, audio tapes,
video tapes and other preservationor management format.
Preservation, maintenance, display
and demonstration (exhibition),education or management ofvarious cultural assets or othercultural assets worthy ofpreservation.

Review Criteria
employment relationshipand consented by the
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs with reporter
permit, they may directly
apply for residence to
National Immigration
Agency other thanapplying for permit to
Ministry ofLabor.

Operation and management of
theme parks or playgrounds.
8.Code11Academic research:
If the domestic contracting
entity that employs aforeigner to perform
Jobs including operational
research work is an
management, research, analysis,
institution of higher
design, planning, maintenance,
education or an academic
consultation, instrument
research institution or
installation and technicalteaching hospital whose
supervision.
registration is approved by
Jobs including operational
the central governing
management, design, planning andauthorities pursuant to laws,
technical supervision.
it shall submit the
1. Management, design, planningapplication with Code 11.
or consultation in the
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Code

Job Items
joint consultation of
the central competentauthority and thecentral competentauthorities withjurisdiction.

Descriptions
professional, scientific ortechnical service business.
2. Chef in the catering industry
3. Cooking instructor in short-term
cram schools established bycorporations.

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However, foreign scholars
come to Taiwan for researchon their own or withprofessors in our country
based on foreign budget may
not apply for permit.
9. If the foreign worker
fulfilling the contract
seems to perform
blue-collar work, thecounty (city) government
will be asked to make avisit or a consultation will
be initiated.

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Qualifications
Qualification of
Foreign Worker(s)1. General
Qualifications

Relevant Laws and Regulations

Review Criteria

Article 7 of Review Criteria:
1.A foreigner who fulfills the
1. A foreign worker whose
contract work and whose
engagement of work is lessperiod of stay allowed bythan 90 days will not be boundthe visa as a work permit is
to Article 5 of Review Criteria.
within thirty days is
2. If the number of days when the
exempted from applying forforeign employee has worked
the work permit. The period
to fulfill the contract(s) withinof stay shall be calculated
one year prior to thebased on one’s immigration
application date, and therecords and those who leave
number of days that theand then enter the country
employer submits theshall have the period of stay
application, total more thanrecalculated. (Subparagraphninety days, the foreign
1 of Paragraph 1 of Article
employee shall still be bound to
5 of Regulations on the
Subparagraphs 1, 2, and 4 ofPermission and
Article 5.
Administration of the
Employment of Foreign
Workers)
2.A foreign worker whose
period of stay is thirty-one
days or more but not overninety days shall not belimited to general
qualifications. However, thesaid foreign worker shallcomply with specificqualifications. Besides, theapplication shall be
submitted within thirty days
following the said foreign
worker’s entry into Taiwan.
3.A foreign worker whose
period of stay is over 91
days shall comply withgeneral and specificqualifications.
Complied with Subparagraph 1, 2 1.The first subparagraphor 4 of Review Criteria:
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Review Criteria

1. Subparagraph 1: Acquire
obtained the qualifications
certificates or operationof examinations held by thequalifications through the
Ministry of Examination.
procedures specified in the
2.Each country’s educational
Examinations of Specificsystems stated in
Profession and Technician
Subparagraph 2 shall be
Guidelines.
determined in accordance
2. Subparagraph 2: Acquirewith each country’s
credentials of Master degree or
educational administrative
above from universities in theorganization and
ROC or in foreign countries or
educational system or
acquire Bachelor degree andMinistry of Education’swith more than two years work
Reference List of Foreign
experiences in the specific field.
Universities
3. Subparagraph 4: Specialists who 3.More than two years ofhave been trained professionallywork experiences refer toor self-taught in the specificrelevant work experiences
field and have more than fiveafter the graduation, where
years experiences in related
the internships andskills and have demonstrated
part-time jobs during theoutstanding performances.
period of school shall not
be calculated (Explanation
No. 0930201811 issued by
the Ministry of Labor on
the 19th of April 2004)
4.Review criteria referred toin Subparagraph 4 is shown
below:(1)Foreign specialists who
have been trained
professionally or
self-taught in the specificfield and havedemonstrated outstanding
performances refers totheir possession of work
related certificates,
professional training
certificates, books, papers,
patents and inventions, orrecords of winning
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2. Specificqualifications

Relevant Laws and Regulations

Review Criteria:
1.A culinary instructor as
mentioned in Paragraph 15,
Article 4 shall meet thefollowing requirements:(1) Certified by an international
culinary institute having been
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Review Criteriainternational skill
competitions. The
employer is therefore
required to attach one ofabovementioned
certification documents ofthe foreign worker anddocuments evidencing theforeign worker’s
over-five-year work
experience (such work
experience shall be related
to the applied job)(2)A foreign worker whose
work experience in
relevant field is over 10
years shall, if unable toprovide documents
evidencing trainings andoutstanding performance,
be replaced by arecommendation letter
issued by his / her (ex-)
employer. Besides, thesaid recommendation shallstate the foreign worker’s
work content, work period
and special contributions.
(3)Documents indicatedabove remains
questionable after
confirmation, the county(city) government will be
asked to make a visit.
1.The professional
qualification or certificate
required for the foreign
worker shall be identified
based on eachsubparagraph.

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established for 15 years ormore or having overseas
branches in 3 countries ormore (excluding Taiwan).
(2) Having international culinary
licenses.
(3) Working in the foreign
catering industry for 5 years
or more and teaching ininternationally renowned
culinary institutes for 2 years
or more. (For review
principles, see Appendix 2)
2.Transportation business in
2.The certificate, valid test
Article 11-20
certificate and medical(1) The tour guide or leader ofcertificate of the foreign
tourism business shall achieve
worker listed at left sidepractice license; manager ofengaged in tour guide, tour
travel business shall achieve
leader, aircraft shipping or
certificate of manager
trial flight, aircraft pilot(2) The personnel of aircraft
training, aircraft operation,
shipping or trial flight shallpilot of local generalachieve pilot qualification,
aviation business and visa
valid test certificate of modelof aircraft engine, body or
employer required andcommunication electronics
medical certificate.
shall be still valid during(3) The pilot of aircraft shallapplication of employment
achieve trainer qualification,
permit.
valid test certificate of model 3.The application for pilot of
employer required andhot-air balloon shall attach
medical certificate.
certificate of foreign worker(4) The pilot of aircraft operation
engaged in tethered hot-air
shall achieve qualification of
balloon operation issued bycivil aviation pilot, valid test
Civil Aeronautics
certificate of model employer
Administration, Ministry of
required and medical
Transportation andcertificate.
Communications.
(5) The pilot of local generalaviation business shallachieve pilot qualification,
valid test certificate of model
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employer required andqualified medical certificate.
(6) The personnel who engage invisa relevant to aircraft
engine, body orcommunication electronics
shall have valid test certificate
and 5 years or more of work
experiences relevant toaircraft maintenance orrelated technical areas
3.The personnel of real estate
brokerage in Article 22 shallachieve obtain a real estate
broker certificate issued by themunicipality or county (city)
competent authority, or a realestate broker certificate issued
by the organization or
association designated by theauthority concerned at thecentral government level.
4.The personnel of immigration
business mentioned in Article 23
shall meet one of the following
requirements:(1) have engaged in consultation
and brokerage associated withinvestment immigration (forthe protection of immigrants’rights and interests) or otherconsultation associated withimmigration for two years or
more.
(2) worked as immigration officer
responsible for immigration
visa for one year or more.
(3) are qualified as lawyers andhave engaged in the businessrelevant to immigration for
one year or more.
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5.The attorney in Article 24 shallbe attorney of R.O.C. orsolicitor of foreign law.
6.The patent attorney in Article
25-1 shall have qualification ofpatent attorney.
7.The practice technician in
Article 26 shall achieve thepractice license issued byauthority concerned at thecentral government level inaccordance with Professional
Engineers Act.
8.The personnel at medical
institution in Article 27 shall be
doctor, traditional Chinese
physician, dentist, pharmacist,
medical laboratory scientist,
radiologist, physical therapist,
occupational therapist,
registered nurse, nutritionist,clinical psychologist,
consultative psychologist,
respiratory therapist, speechtherapist, audiologist, certified
dental technician and midwife
with professional medical
certificate.
9.The vet in Article 33 shallachieve vet certificate issued by
the Central Competent
Authority with jurisdiction.

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4. The application for the
personnel at medical
institution in Article 27 of
Examination Standard:
Before the foreign worker
took technical exam andachieved medical
certificate issued bycompetent authority,
he/she may attach
acceptance transcript by
Ministry of Examinationas alternative one. (Thereare 2 tests for doctor
examination. It shallsubject to the pass markin the 2nd test.)

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Qualifications
Qualification ofdomestic contracting
entityRelevant Laws and Regulations

Review Criteria

1. Shall be juridical person inaccordance with Subparagraph
2 of Paragraph 2 of Article 7 ofRegulations on the Permission
and Administration of the
Employment of Foreign
Workers. However, domestic
contracting entities that aregovernment agencies shall also
be adopted.
2. Domestic contracting entity
shall be in compliance with theenterprise or industry type(such as thecontract-concluding unit ofculture, sports and recreation
services) regulated in special
professions or technicalassignments. Besides,
contract-fulfilling foreign
worker shall be engaged injobs of Code 01, 02, 03, 06,
07, 08, 09, 10 (Subparagraph 5
and 6 of Article 31 of review
criteria) , 11 and 12. Domestic
contracting entity shall obtain
permit certificate, license orapproval and registration
relevant documents issued bycompetent authority. The
review criteria is shown
below:(1) Domestic contracting entity
1.Architects with more thanthat employs a foreign worker
two years' experiences inengaged in construction
the construction field statedindustry business should bein Article 9 refers toequipped with one of below
domestic contract unit’s two
qualifications (Code 01,
years of work experiences
Article 9):
after obtaining the16SerialNo.

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A. Construction enterprises
operation certificate.
that have obtained permits
and have registered with thecompetent authorities withjurisdiction.
B. Architects who haveobtained operation
certificates and have morethan two years' experiencesin the construction field.
(2) Domestic contracting entity
2.Transportation industry
that employs a foreign worker
shall acquire permit issued
engaged in communicationby the industry authority atand transportation businessthe central government
should acquire the businesslevel stated in Article 10
license issued by the central
does not include permit
competent authority withissued by local
jurisdiction. (Code 02, Article
governments. For example,
10):
hotel or B&B business(3) Tax and financial services
approved by county (city)(Code 03, Article 21)
government.
A.Foreign worker engaged insecurities and future trading,financial industry, insurance
industry and businessaccounting affairs should
acquire the business license
about securities, futures
trading, financial industry or
insurance industry issued by
the central competentauthority with jurisdiction.
B. Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker assisting businessesor services specified by the
GPA Guidelines should
acquire the CPA's practiceregistration.
(4) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
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engaged in practice ofimmigration services should
be an immigration services
organization (Code 05, Article
23).
(5) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practice of lawyer/ attorney should be lawyer /attorney recognized in Taiwanor specialized in foreign laws
(Code06, Article 25).
(6) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practice of patent
attorneys should be a firm that
operates and handles patentbusiness, and be patent
attorney of Taiwan, attorneyof Taiwan or patent agent of
Taiwan (Code 06, Article
25-1).
(7) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practice ofprofessional engineers should
acquire professional
engineering consulting firm
registration certificate orbusiness license issued by thecompetent authority. (Code07, Article 26).
(8) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practice of
healthcare should be a
medical organization,
health-care organization,
pharmacist and pharmacy,
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Relevant Laws and Regulationsorganizations allowed forforeigner-recruitment thatrecognized by the centralcompetent authorities alongwith the central competentauthority with jurisdiction.
(Code 08, Article 28).
(9) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practices ofenvironmental protection
should be environment
examination and examination
organization, waste (sewage)
water disposal operator,
cleaning agency that handles
the sewage-water disposal
facilities for (office andapartment) buildings, garbage
disposal agency, and otherwork / industries allowed forforeigner-recruitment
recognized by the centralcompetent authorities alongwith the central competentauthority with jurisdiction.
(Code 09, Article 30).
(10) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in culture, sports andrecreation services should be(Code 10, Article 31):
A.Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practices
of management,
foreign-language
scriptwriting, editing,translation or compilation fornewspapers, magazines orbooks; or management,
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production or music
composing, new facilities &
techniques initiation foraudio publication should bein the publication Industry
B. Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practicesof motion picture production,screenplay writing, art
designing, promotion,
direction or new techniques
initiation should be in the
motion picture industry
C. Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practices
of program designing andproduction, foreign-language
scriptwriting, translation &editing, announcing &dubbing, directing &program hosting,management or new
techniques initiation should
be in the wireless, cable, andsatellite broadcasting (radio
and television) industries
D.Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practiceof literary work,commentary, operation andmanagement of arts &culture activities, agents forart talents and models,
operation & management ofsports venues, judges(referees) for sports
competition, sports (training)
instructor or organizer for
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sports events should be in theservice industry related toarts, culture and sports.
E. Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practicesof library and archive
preserving industries should
acquire the publicationindustry license or archive
preservation industry license
issued by the competentauthority.
F. Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practicesof museums, historical
heritages and otherorganizations dedicated topreserving cultural assets
should acquire museum
license or historical heritages
license issued by thecompetent authority.
G.Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign
worker engaged in practicesof operation andmanagement of theme parksor playgrounds should be in
the recreation and service
industry.
(11) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practices ofresearch work should becollege or above, or an
academic research institution
or teaching hospital whose
registration is approved by thecentral competent authorities
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pursuant to laws (Code11,
Article 32).
(12) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practices ofveterinarians should be aveterinarian clinic or otherorganizations recognized by
the central competentauthorities along with thecentral competent authority
with jurisdiction. should
obtain the veterinariancertificate issued by the latter(Code12, Article 33).
(13) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practices ofoperational management,
research, analysis, design,planning, maintenance,
consultation, instrument
installation and technicalsupervision should be in the
manufacturing industry(Code13, Article 34).
(14) Domestic contracting entitythat employs a foreign worker
engaged in practices ofoperational management,
design, planning and technicalsupervision should be in thewholesale business (Code14,
Article 35).
(15) Foreign workers engage inother work designated as per
the joint consultation of thecentral competent authority
and the central competentauthority with jurisdiction:
A.For those who engage in
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application unit

Relevant Laws and Regulations

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catering chef, the Domestic
contracting entity should thecatering industry.
B. For the employers of foreign 3.Domestic contracting entity
workers teaching cooking,that employs a foreign
the domestic contracting
worker engaged in culinary
entity should be short-term
teaching in Subparagraphcram schools established in
15 of Article 4 should beaccordance with thecorporations established in
Supplementary Educationaccordance with theAct.
Company Act and the(Code15, Subparagraph 15 ofworkplace shall be theArticle 4).
short-term cram schools
subordinate to thecorporations.
According to Paragraph 3 ofAgent authorized by a foreign
Article 51 of Employment
juridical person shall attach
Service Act, the contract-fulfilling the authorization letter.
application unit shall be incompliance with one of thefollowing conditions:
1. Foreign juridical person’s
branch office established in
Taiwan2. Foreign juridical person’s
representative officeestablished in Taiwan
3. Domestic contracting entity
shall be a juridical person by
laws. Those that acquireapprovals from the centralcompetent authority withjurisdiction shall attach an
operation certificate.
4. Foreign juridical person’s
authorized agent

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Documents
Original receipt of 1. Information on receipt of theexamination fee
reviewing fee shall be
specified in the application
form, so the receipt ofreviewing fee may be
exempted. However, theapplication unit may still be
requested to attach such
document depending on thecase (Announcement
No.10405118501 issued by the
Ministry of Labor on the 23rdof September 2015)
2. Reviewing fee is NTD$500.

Notes
1.The reviewing fee for
employment of foreign
professionals is calculated
by unit other than number
of applicant. The
application from the same
company (work permit
application for more than 2
foreign workers) is required
to pay $500 of reviewing
fee only.
2.Those who apply for
information change do notneed to pay reviewing fee.
Those who withdraw
application will not be
refunded.
3.Those who overpay orunderpay reviewing fee or
do not pay it at post officewill be asked to repay it inaccordance withregulations.
4.The refund method for
overpaid (mistakenly paid)
reviewing fee: The
employer will be asked tofill out application form,
check refund type andattach original receipt ofoverpaid (mistakenly paid)
reviewing fee for refund.
5.For profit-seeking
enterprises or businesses
paying the reviewing fee forthe employment permit of aforeign worker by postal
deposit slip in accordancewith the Letter

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Application form

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1. The field in the application
form such as name of theforeign juridical person,
Domestic contracting entity,
unified business no., contract
name, contract type, contractcommencement / ending date,fields of applicant’s information(including the unit’s name andunified business no., person in
charge of the applicant
company, the unit’s address,
address for sending theapplication reply mail, foreignjuridical person appointed
address and person for sending
the disposition document in the
Republic of Chit person, receipt
of examination fees) are
required to fill out.
2. The domestic and foreignjuridical person shall beconsistent with the contracting
unit stated in attached contract.
3. Contract type: shall be in formsof contracts related toconstruction, sale or technology
cooperation.
4. The application unit shall be:(1) Foreign juridical person’s
branch office established in
Taiwan.
(2) Foreign juridical person’s
representative officeestablished in Taiwan.
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Notes
Tai-Shui-Yi-Fa-Zi No.
0930450078 dated February
11, 2004, the examination
fee may be recognized as an
expense with the deposit
receipt.
1.Foreign juridical personrefers to the unit that signs
the contract with domestic
juridical person.
2.In case of having
incomplete information on
the must-fill-in fields, theapplicant shall fill in
relevant informationaccordingly.

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3

Summary of thecontract-fulfilling
content

4

Name list of
employed foreign
workers

Review Content(3) Domestic contracting entity.
(4) Foreign juridical person’s
authorized agent.
5. The name of application unit
shall be consistent with the sealof unit; unit address shall be thesame as that in the certificate ofcompany registration or agency
filing registration. Authorized
agent does not need to fill theunit address.
6. For those who commission
private employment service
agency for treatment, the fieldof agency name, number,professional signature, agency
seal, person in charge’s seal andcontact phone number shall befilled up.
7. The seal of unit andperson-in-charge shall beaffixed.
Shall state the nature of thecontract, summary of the contract
content, contract commencement /ending date, the number offoreign professionals required tofulfill the contract, a summary of
the working conditions of foreign
professional(s) who performs thecontract, address of the working
location and the accumulated
period of stay (in Taiwan) of
foreign professional(s) appointed
to fulfill this contract. Please referto the attachment for the writing
sample. (P.43)
1. Fields in the list such as nameof application unit, unified
business no., name, gender,
nationality or area, date of birth,
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Notes

Working location shall be thelocation of foreign juridical
person. If not, it is a must to
make explanations and attach
evidentiary documents.

1. The field of “occupationalclassification code” shallnot be entered.
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passport number, employment
photo. The photo printed
period, highest education, title,
along with the list shall be
address of working location inclear and identifiable.
Taiwan must not be filled in and 3. When the address ofthe photo of foreign worker
working location ismust be attached.
inconsistent with business
2. Personal information shall be
registration address of thecorrectly entered according todomestic
passport or travel document.
contract-concluding unit,
3. The applied employment period
the applicant will be asked
shall be consistent with or lessto provide the proof suchthan that of contract related toas the copy of the factory
construction, sale or technology
registration, operationcooperation.
facility registration or lease
4. The address of working location
contract, etc.
in Taiwan shall be the businessregistration address of thedomestic contracting entity.
5. The seal of unit shall be affixed.
Passport or resident
1. The passport or resident
1.Principally, document withcertificate photocopy
certificate shall still be valid atwords such as travelof employed foreign
the commencement date of
document, identify
workeremployment.
certificate or not passport
2. The information page shall bewill not be recognized.
complete, clear and identifiable.
However, for Ukrainian
3. Residents of the mainland
minors, the copy ofChina, except those from Hongpassport shall still be
Kong and Macau, are notattached and it can beeligible to work in Taiwan.
replaced by travel
document in certain
circumstance. It shall berecognized by case for othercountries.
2.The UK passport withoverseas mark is forresidents in Hong Kong.
3.The empty page of passport
may not be attached. Where
there is any inconsistency
between the passportnumber for this and27SerialNo.

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6Consent documentof legal
representative

Foreign workers under 20 years
old shall have the legal
representative consent andpassport attached.

7

Education of foreign
worker

1. Education attainment may be
exempted for foreign workers
having received the permit(Class G) from the Ministry ofLabor by meeting therequirements in Paragraph 2,
Article 5 of examination
standard. The application unit
may be requested to submit
education attainment on acase-by-case basis.
2. Where a foreign worker’s
accumulated period of
employment is over 91 days
starting from one year prior to
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Notes
previous application
because of passport
replacement, the photocopy
of new passport shall be
attached.
4.If the passport number ischanged after the issuanceof approval letter, theapplication of information
change shall be madeseparately.
1.The calculation of age ismade from thecommencement date of
employment other thanapplication date. Where theforeign worker is under 20
years old, the document
shall be attached.
2.If the legal representative isunable to attach passport,other document such as
local ID or driving license
which is enough to proof
his/her identity shall be
attached instead.
1.Principally, the recognizeddocument for education
attainment of foreign
worker shall be diploma,
and certificate or transcript
certificate issued by theschool may be recognizedin certain circumstance(graduation or degree dateshall be specified).
2.For the degree made in
Afghanistan, Algeria,
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the application day, theIran, Iraq, Laos, Nepal,
application unit shall attach
Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan,evidentiary document of theSenegal, Somalia, Sriforeign worker’s educational
Lanka, Syria, thebackground.
Philippines, Thailand,
3. The content below shall beVietnam, Malaysia andreviewed:
Indonesia shall be verified(1)The foreign worker name inby our missions. The
the certificate shall becertificate of foreign worker
consistent with that in the list.
work experiences issued by(2)The degree and graduation
multinational company andyears shall be ensured (It shallcertificate of degree which
be Bachelor, Master or above
was recognized as that ofin accordance withforeign university or
Subparagraph 2, Article 5 ofindependent college by
Examination Standard).
authority concerned at the(3)Those without a bachelor
central government level
degree (according tofor foreign worker engaged
Subparagraph 4 of Article 5 ofin A11 academic research
Review Standards) shall
may not be verified
conform with one of below(Explanation
conditions:No.1040508120 issued by
A. Have been trained
the Ministry of Labor on
professionally or self-taught
the 21st of July 2015)
in the specific field and3.For the degree completed inhave more than five years
mainland China: shall be
experiences in related skills
recognized by the Ministry
and have demonstratedof Education (website:
outstanding performances.
http://emhd.nchu.edu.tw/V
B. Over 10 years of relevantMHD) and be processed inwork experiences and aaccordance withrecommendation letter
Regulations Governing the(shall state the foreign
Recognition of Educational
worker’s job title, work
Qualifications fromcontent, period ofMainland China. (Foremployment and special
review principles, see
contributions /Appendix 1)
performances) from his /4.For the education of foreign
her (ex-) employer.
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employer will be asked forverification if necessary inaccordance with Paragraph
3 of Article 7 ofRegulations on the
Permission and
Administration of the
Employment of Foreign
Workers.
5.The credits for a degree of aforeign worker obtained
through distance education,
whether the school is
included in the list of the
Ministry of Education, shallnot be more than 1/2 oftotal graduation credits inaccordance with
Regulations Regarding theAssessment andRecognition of Foreign
Academic Credentials for
Institutions of Higher
Education and
Implementation
Regulations Regarding
Distance Learning by
Universities (Executive
Order No. 0950506890 on
15 December 2006 by
Ministry of Labor).
6.The degree achieved:
Doctor, Master (called“master’s degree” in Japan)
and Bachelor. In addition,
the degree of junior college
in Japan or associate does
not belong to the degree of
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Notes
Master before 1994 andBachelor after 1994.
7.Diploma is only for proofof degree and the education
system of located country
shall be referred for
determination of education.
The website of Reference
List of Foreign Universities
by the Ministry of
Education ishttps://www.edu.tw/bicer/consent .aspx?site_consent_sn=84 87. Please pay special
attention that the degree
certificate in European
countries (especially inGermany) is harder to
identify the education level.
8.The format and signature ofdegree certificate will beverified to see if there isany abnormality or suspectof fraud.
9.Foreign workers who had aprevious category G work
permit in Taiwan and meetthe reviewing criteria aresubmitting a re-employment
application in Taiwan
according to the provisionsof Subparagraph 2, Article
5, may not be reviewed
again.

8

Foreign Worker’s
Work Experience(s)1. Where a foreign worker’s
period of stay is over 91 days
starting from one year prior to
the application date, theapplicant shall attach
evidentiary documents of the
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or more of work
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foreign worker’s experiences
2. Content to be reviewed areshown below:(1)The certificate of work
experience shall be issued by
the employed company or the
document sufficient to prove
employment.
(2)The working experiences
shall include the foreign
worker’s basic information,
work content,work period,
company name and company
seal with officer signature or
seal.

degree achieved. Theinternship or work-study
during study shall not becounted. In addition, forthose who entered public or
filed private university or
independent college andachieved Bachelor degreein accordance with Degree
Conferral Law after
graduated from high schoolor occupational school andworked for several years,
these work experiences are
not relevant to the work andshall not be counted due tothese work experienceswere achieved before
achievement of Bachelor
degree, the professionalism
at the sector at that time
was not established(Explanation No.
0930201811 issued by the
Ministry of Labor on the
19th of April 2004).
2.Foreign workers’ work
experiences listed in
Subparagraph 8-10 ofParagraph 1 of Article 46 of
Employment Service Act
shall not be counted (LetterNo.1031810869 issued by
the Ministry of Labor on
the 15th of May 2014).
3.Foreign workers’ work
experiences in Afghanistan,
Algeria, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia,
Cameroon, Cuba, Ghana,Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nepal,

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Notes
Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan,Senegal, Somalia, Sri
Lanka, Syria, thePhilippines, Thailand,
Vietnam, Malaysia andIndonesia shall be verified
by overseas missions of
Taiwan. The certificate offoreign worker’s work
experiences issued by amultinational company, andacademic and work
experience certificates offoreign workers engaged in
Code 11 academic researchthat are issued by foreign
university or independent
college recognized by theauthority concerned at the dcentral government levelmay not be verified(Explanation
No.1040508120 issued by
the Ministry of Labor on
the 21st of July 2015)
4.According to Article 7 of
Act Governing Relations
between the People of the
Taiwan Area and theMainland Area, foreign
workers’ work experiencesin Mainland China shall beverified and recognized by
the Straits Exchange
Foundation.
5.Relevant work experiencesrefer to foreign worker’s
work experiences within
and outside Taiwan andshall be relevant to thescope and field of applied

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Notes
job (for example, thoseengaged in English teachingat cram schools in Taiwan
may apply for jobs of A10
publishing business such as
writing, editing, translationand publication of foreign
language
6.For unemployed individual
workers of cultural andartistic creations such as
director and writer, theirwork experiences may berecognized if they haveworks opened to the public
and if their work
experiences may be foundcommonly on the internet
despite the fact that they
have no employed company
to issue the certificate ofwork experiences.

9

Certificate(s) for
foreign worker withspecificqualifications

Foreign worker engaged in
specialized or technical work shallacquire business qualification,
conform to certain of employment
methods and conditions, andcorrespond to regulations
stipulated by authority concernedat the central government level.
For example, those engaged inpractice of physician shall obtaincertificate of physician; thoseengaged in the operations andaviation of aircraft shall acquire
qualifications of civil aviation
pilot, possess valid examination
certificate of the employer’s
aircraft model and possess
qualified certificate of the medical
examination of aviation personnel
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10

Foreign juridical
person shall provide
certified documentof appointing thecontract work (refers
to letter ofassignment)

11

Contracts related toOut-sourcing,transaction or
technology
cooperation.

Review Content
issued by the domestic contracting
entity.
1. Foreign juridical person’s nameshall be consistent with that in
attached contract
2. The name of appointed foreign
worker shall be consistent withthat on the attached passport
3. Date of assignment: thedocument shall specify theperiod of dispatching thepersonnel to Taiwan. If only thecommencement date is
specified or no specification ismade at all, such information
shall be provided depending on
the conditions. However, theletter of assignment shall havethe issuance date and must be
issued in recent days. If theletter has been opened for aperiod of time, a new one shallbe made accordingly.
4. Content of the appointed job:
the work content of appointed
foreign worker shall be stated.
5. Shall be signed or sealed by theforeign juridical person
1. The contract period shall bevalid during the period of
fulfilling the contract
2. The name of the domestic /foreign juridical person shall beconsistent with that stated on
the “Application of work
permit for contracting foreign
professionals”
3. Abovementioned contract shallbe signed by domestic / foreignjuridical person.
4. Those who are unable to
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Notes

In principle, the letter ofassignment shall be issued by
the foreign juridical person.
However, if the foreign
worker who comes to Taiwan
to fulfill the contract is not
hired by a foreign juridical
person, it is still a must to
request a foreign juridical
person to provide a letter of
explanation as a substitute of
the letter of assignment. Such
letter shall also specify items
listed in the left column.

1.Applicable employment
patterns are shown below:(1) A contract concluded
between “domestic
juridical person” and“foreign juridical
person”: A typicalemployment pattern,where the domestic andforeign contractors shallboth be a juridical
person.
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provide the contract due totrade secrets may also provide“purchase order” andprospectuses signed by bothparties (the content shall state
important content such as thecontract subject and period) as
a substitute.

between “domestic
juridical person” and“foreign juridical
person’s branch office in
Taiwan”: Branch officein Taiwan is the main
body of a foreigncompany’s right andobligation, where thebranch office in Taiwan
shall sign a contract withthe “domestic juridical
person” on behalf of theforeign headquarters.
(3) A contract concluded
between “foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan” andanother “foreignjuridical person”: As “aforeign company, after
having been given
certificate of recognition,
shall have the samerights and obligations
and shall be subject tothe same jurisdiction of
the authority as adomestic company,
unless otherwise
provided by law”
(Article 375 of Company
Act), the branch office in
Taiwan shall beconsidered as the main
body of domestic
company’s right andobligation.
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office in Taiwan” andanother “foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan”: Eitherside of the “foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan” shallsign the contract with adomestic juridical person(certified authorization isrequired) under theforeign juridical person’s
authorization.
(5) A contract concluded
between "foreignjuridical person” andanother “foreignjuridical person”: Where
the contract is signedwith the foreign
headquarters and isapplicable to worldwide
branch offices andagencies, or signed by aforeign juridical person’s
branch office establishedin Taiwan, representative
office, an engineer officerepresentative of aforeign juridical person(a branch office that has
its purchase limited by
the headquarters due tospecific conditions shallbe applied mutatis
mutandis), the subject,content and location of
the signed contract shallbe sufficient to provethat the contract has
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operations of thedomestic company.
2. Non-applicable
employment patterns areshown below:(1) A contract concluded
between “foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan” and theheadquarters of the same“foreign juridical
person”: The
employment shall not be
formed if the branch
office in Taiwan and theforeign headquarters
belong to the samebusiness entity as theemployment shall beapplied by the foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan underan employment
relationship.
(2) A contract concluded
between “foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan” and thebranch office of the samegroup: The employment
shall not be formed if the
branch office in Taiwan
and the foreign branch
office belong to the samebusiness entity as theemployment shall beapplied by the foreignjuridical person’s branch
office in Taiwan underan employment
relationship.

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Documents
Certificate of
authorized agent

14

Personal
identification
document of theperson in charge ofthe applicant
company

15

Certified documentsof the application
unit’s company(business)registration or
institution
establishment
certificate

16

Certificate of theRegistration ofcontract-concluding
domestic / foreign

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Notes

1. An authorization letter shall be
attached for foreign juridical
person’s authorized agent.
2. Shall explicitly state the nameof the authorized agent, content
to perform the contract, andother works required to theapplication of foreign worker’s
work permit
3. Shall be signed and sealed by
the foreign juridical person.
The date of signature shall also
be noted.
If a domestic contracting entity isa chartered enterprise, it shallattach a photocopy of the ID cardof person in charge. If the person
in charge of the company is aforeigner, a photocopy of theperson’s passport or resident
certificate shall be provided
instead.

Exemption forcontract-fulfilling application
unit under one of below
conditions:(1) Foreign juridical person’s
branch office establishedin Taiwan;(2) Foreign juridical person’s
representative officeestablished in Taiwan;(3) Domestic contracting
entity.

1.The passport or photocopy
of residence certificate
shall be in validity during
application.
2.It shall be consistent with
theperson-in-charge-of-corps
in the company registration(or institution
establishment certificate).
1. Foreign juridical person’s
It should be noted whether
branch office established in
the date of approving on the
Taiwan, foreign juridical
establishment (change)
person’s representative officeregistration form is consistentestablished in Taiwan andwith the establishment
domestic contracting entity(change) date of the Ministry
shall attach certified documents of Economicof company or business
Affairs-Corporations
registration for juridical person Information Inquiry System.
qualified company / business.
2. Foreign juridical person’s
representative office shallattach documents of personal
ID card.
1. Domestic juridical person shall The re-confirmation of
attach company / businesscompany information can beregistration, foundation /made at the Commerce
association certificates andIndustrial Services Portal
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17Permit, Businesslicense or approval /registration
certificates

18

Certification
document issued by
the internationallyrenowned culinary
institute

19

International
culinary license

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Notes

other certificates. Those withwebsite for the company’scommercial registration shallregistration form.
be confirmed with their
qualifications as a juridical
person (corporation is notconsidered as a juridical
person)2. Foreign juridical person
registered in Taiwan as ajuridical person shall attach thecertificate(s).
1. For foreign workers engaged inbusiness of Code 01, 02, 03,
06, 07, 08, 09, 10-5, 10-6. 11,
12, and 15-3 the domestic
contracting entity shall attach
documents stated in thisSubparagraph. For example,
permit for construction
enterprise, business license of
the banking enterprise,business license of bills financecompanies, business license of
the insurance enterprise,business permits for medical
institutions, and approval /registration certificates ofacademic research institutes.
2. The name on the permit shallbe the same as the domestic
contracting entity.
3. The permit shall be within thevalidity, if any.
Foreign workers employed to (International licenses,seeteach cooking in short-term cram Appendix2)
schools under A15 shall submit
the certification document.

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Documents
Proof of work inforeign catering
industry for five
years or more
Proof of teaching in
the internationallyrenowned culinary
institute for twoyear or more
Proof of good
conduct

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1. Foreign workers employed toteach cooking in short-term
cram schools under A15 for the
first time shall submit proof ofgood conduct.
2. Proof of behavior of foreign
nationals in the original
passport country issued within
the last six months of no sexualassault, sexual harassment,
sexual exploitation, sexualbullying, or damage to children
and juvenile rights.
3. The proof of good conduct iswaived for foreign workers
having received the full-time
employment permit to teachforeign languages in short-term
cram schools from the Ministryof Labor.

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Other Regulations
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Items
Contract-fulfilling of
independent
professionals

Relevant Regulations and
Notes
Description
Article 11-3 of Regulations on the 1. At the moment, New
Permission and Administration of
Zealand has signed thethe Employment of Foreigninternational written
Workers
treaties.
1. In the event where a foreign
2. Code 01 to Code 15 areworker works in the territories
under the range of businessof Taiwan in accordance withlines allowed under
Subparagraph 1 or 2, Paragraphinternational written
1, Article 46 of the Act fortreaties.
business lines which are open
3. Prerequisite documents tounder a documented
be attached include:international pact, the business(1) Application form
entity which concludes the(2) Other documents
ocntract shall apply for a permit
requested by central
according to the requirementscompetent authorities
for Type A foreign worker(s)(3) Certificate of theunless otherwise prescribed incompany / businessthe Act or these Regulations.
registration. Specially
2. In the event where the businesspermitted businesses shallentity is a business entity
attach a photocopy of thelocated in the Free Economic
license and the ID card or
Pilot Zones ("FEPZs") and is
passport of person in
engaged in a business listed incharge of the business.
Subparagraph 1 or 2, Paragraph(4) List of employed foreign
1, Article 46 of the Act inworkers
FEPZs, it needs not be restricted (5) Photocopy of the passport
to the contract for the businessof the employed foreignlines allowed under
worker.
international treaties.
(6) Photocopy of foreign
worker’s graduation
certificate or relevant
evidentiary documents(foreign workers whoenter Taiwan to beengaged in works statedin Subparagraph 2 ofArticle 1 of Article 46 of
the Act are exemptedfrom attaching graduation

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Description

Notes
certificate or relevant
evidentiary documents).
(7) Foreign workers engaged
in specialized / technicalworks or works ofsupervisors of business
invested by overseas
Chinese shall acquire
practice license or
meeting certain practicequalifications or
requirements, andcorrespond to regulations
stipulated by the centralcompetent authority withjurisdiction.

2

During the period ofwork permit

3Statement of picking
up in person

4

Principle of affixing
with seal

Referring to the WTO
commitment related to the
Movement of Natural Person(each period of stay shall not
exceed 90 days or the contract
period and shall be referred to theone with shorter period. The
validity of this kind of entry
permit is 12 months) that Taiwan
has signed with the world; theMinistry may issue a permit witha validity of maximum up to one
year.
For those who wish to pick up in
person, please fill in and submit
the statement of picking up in
person at the counter of Ministryof Labor. Registered mail is not
accepted.
For the copied document attachedin the application, the words of“in conformity with the original”
shall be noted with the seal of
application unit andperson-in-charge.
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Translation of
document

Relevant Regulations and
Description
The Chinese translation for
documents submitted by theemployer shall be attached if
those documents are not made in
Chinese.
(Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Zi Order No.
10505004241 dated March 18,
2016 by the Ministry of Labor)

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[Attached Table]
A Summary of the Employment Content (Example)
Items
1. Contract Name

Content
Chinese (English or other foreign languages
shall be noted separately)

2. Contract Nature □Construction □Sale
Cooperation
3. A Summary of
the Employment
Content

Remarks□Technical4. Commencementand Ending
Dates
5. Contract
Amount orOrder Amount
6. Number of(1) Number of foreign workers required toForeign Workers
fulfill this contract: _____ people
Required to(2) Number of foreign workers with
Fulfill thesubmitted application: _____ people
Contract(number of the licensing document:
please attach it)(3) Number of foreign workers in thisapplication: _____ people
7. A Summary of
the Working
Conditions ofAbovementione
d Foreign
Worker(s)8. Address of the □ Location of domestic juridical person.
Work Location □ Location of non- domestic juridical
person. Address:
9. Accumulated
Period of Stay ofForeign Workers
Appointed to
Perform theContract

1. A Chinese translation or atranslation of the relevant
portions shall be provided.
2. Where a contracting
relationship is more
complicated, descriptions shallbe made accordingly.

Please attach a photocopy oflicensing document(s).

Please describe techniques andknowledge provided by theforeign worker, work location,
time or other information. Please
make the description on anotherA4 paper if the field is not enough.
Premises of non-domestic legal
persons, please attach supporting
documents.
If there is more than one foreign
worker, please make a separate list
for descriptions.

Our company has confirmed above details and hereby seals the document:
Company (Seal):Person-in-charge (Seal):

Appendix 1. Review Principles for Mainland China Education of Foreign
Workers Applying for Employment Permit to Perform Professional
and Technical Work
1. The Ministry of Labor adopts the same approach as the Ministry of Education regarding thedegree of a foreign worker conferred in mainland China. The colleges/universities where foreign
workers received their degrees in mainland China shall be included in the list of the Ministry of
Education, and their degrees shall be in accordance with the Regulations Governing Recognitionof Degrees Conferred in Mainland China. Foreign workers having studied in colleges/ universities
or institutes in mainland China from September 18, 1992 to September 3, 2010 are required toapply for a degree examination; those studying in colleges/ universities or institutes in mainland
China after September 3, 2010 are required to apply for degree recognition (verification).
2. According to Articles 4 and 5 of the Regulations Governing Recognition of Degrees Conferred in
Mainland China, those applying for the recognition of degrees received from colleges/ universities
or institutes in mainland China shall submit related proof of graduation to the unit (National
Chung Hsing University) designated by the Ministry of Education. For related procedures, visit
the website at http://emhd.nchu.edu.tw/VMHD.
3. To avoid making degree examination and recognition an obstacle to corporate recruitment,
applications with degrees conferred in mainland China attached shall be reviewed according to thefollowing regulations:(1) If foreign workers receive the proof of graduation from colleges/universities in mainland China
included in the list of the Ministry of Education, their degrees shall be recognized in principle;
in addition, the letter of approval shall specify the right of revocation and that the applicant
shall submit the data within the given time limit after the degree is recognized in accordancewith the Regulations Governing Recognition of Degrees Conferred in Mainland China. Where
applications meet the aforesaid requirements for degrees, the letter of approval shall specify thefollowing: “According to the Regulations Governing Recognition of Degrees Conferred in
Mainland China, the applicant shall submit the qualified proof of education by ○○(mm) ○○(dd),○○○○(yyyy). If the proof of education is not submitted within the said time limit or the proofof education is not recognized, the Ministry of Labor will revoke the employment permit.”(2) The time limit mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be based on the degree conferred in
the mainland China. The time limit is as follows:
A. Having studied in colleges/ universities or institutes in mainland China from September 18,
1992 to September 3, 2010:(A)For those holding a Bachelor’s degree and applying for the employment permit on or
before April 30, the Ministry of Labor shall specify that they shall submit the proof of
education issued by the Ministry of Education on or by November 30 of the same year as
the review and issuance of the employment permit. For those holding a Bachelor’s
degree and applying for the employment permit after April 30, the Ministry of Labor

shall specify that they shall submit the proof of education issued by the Ministry of
Education on or by November 30 of the year following the review and issuance of theemployment permit.
(B) For those holding a Master’s or doctorate and applying for the employment permit on or
before April 30, the Ministry of Labor shall specify that they shall submit the proof of
education issued by the Ministry of Education on or by January 31 of the following year
as the review and issuance of the employment permit. For those holding a Master’s
degree or doctorate and applying for the employment permit after April 30, the Ministryof Labor shall specify that they shall submit the proof of education issued by the Ministryof Education on or by November 30 of the year following the review and issuance of theemployment permit.
B. Studying in colleges/ universities or institutes in mainland China after September 3, 2010:
At the review and issuance of the employment permit, the Ministry of Labor shall specify
that applicants shall submit the letter of approval of education issued by the Ministry of
Education within six months.
(3) Reviewers shall also mark in the Foreign Worker Submission and the Foreign Worker
Information Maintenance of the Foreign Professional Application Review System and review
the status on a regular basis.
(4) When the end date of employment of foreign workers is earlier than the time limit ofsubmission, it is known at the time of review that it is impossible for employers to submit thedata within the time limit regardless of the proof of graduation from colleges/universities inmainland China recognized by the Ministry of Education; in this case, employers are required
to submit data within 30 days according to the principles for processing of general applications.
The employment permit will not be granted if the said data are not submitted within 30 days.

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Appendix 2. Review Principles for Internationally Renowned Culinary Instituteand International Licenses of Culinary Instructors
1. The review principles for internationally renowned culinary institute and international licenses are
based on the list provided by the Ministry of Education below:(1) Internationally Renowned Culinary InstituteYear ofInternationally Renowned Culinary InstituteCountry
TypeFoundatio BranchnInternational Culinary Center
http://www.internationalculinarycenter.com/

Culinary Institute of America
https://www.ciachef.edu/about-the-cia/

Culinary Arts Academy
http://www.culinaryartsswitzerland.com/en/

US

Dessert/
Cookery

1984

Dessert/
Cookery

1946

Switzerland Cookery

1997

US

New York,
California,
Texas, andSingapore

Lenôtrehttp://www.lenotre.com/l-univers-lenotre/notre-histoi
re. html

FranceDessert1971

Tokyo Confectionery Schoolhttps://www.tokyoseika.ac.jp/summary.html

Japan

Dessert

1954

Tokyo

New England Culinary Institutehttp://www.neci.edu/about-neci/

US

Dessert/
Cookery

1980

Vermont

Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners (ICIF)
http://www.icif.com/en/about-us/history/

Italy

Dessert/
Cookery

1991

36
countries

Ferrandi| The French School of Culinary Arts
https://www.ferrandi-paris.fr/en

FranceDessert/
Cookery

1920

Paris

Ecole Nationale Superieure de Patisserie
http://www.ensp-adf.com/

FranceDessert1984

Yssingeaux

Institut National de la Boulangerie Pâtisserie
http://www.inbp.com/

FranceDessert/
Cookery

1974

Institute Paul Bocuse
http://www.institutpaulbocuse.com/

FranceDessert/
Cookery

1990

International Academy of Italian Cuisine in Lucca
http://www.italiancuisine.it/italian_cooking_school.ph
p

Italy

Dessert/Co
okery

Vatel International Business School Hotel & Tourism
Management
http://www.vatel-madrid.es/en

FranceDessert/Co
okery/Hosp
itality1981

H-e St POL Barcelona
http://santpol.edu.es/en/

Spain

Cookery/H
ospitality

1966

Le Cordon Bleu
https://www.cordonbleu.edu/our-story/enFranceDessert/Co
okery

1895

1985

31 campuses/4
Continents

50 schools /20 countries(2) International Licenses
Country

LicenseFrance

CAP: Certificat d'Aptitudes Professionelles

France

BEP: Brevet d'Etudes Professionnelles

CanadaRed Seal Certification

Japan

Cook certificate

Japan

Confectionery hygienist certificate

America

CMC: Certified Master Chef

Italy

ICMC: International Certified Master Chef

2. Institutes not listed above and cases in dispute will not be reviewed and approved. Addition to thelist will be evaluated by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Education on a case-by-casebasis.

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