MOL streamlines passport information updates for migrant workers

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/06/13
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, June 13 (CNA) Migrant workers who register their change of information with the National Immigration Agency (NIA) when they obtain a new passport are no longer required to also file that information with the Ministry of Labor (MOL), the ministry said Wednesday.

In a statement, the ministry said that in an effort to simplify the procedure for the employment of migrant workers, it has removed the requirement with immediate effect and instead has established a link with the NIA database.

Through that database link, the MOL said, it automatically will be able to update passport information for migrant workers, who were required in the past to register new passports with both the NIA and MOL.    [FULL  STORY]