‘New Economy Immigration Bill’ seeks to attract more ‘mid-level’ foreign skilled workers to Taiwan with easier access to APRC
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/30
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Cabinet yesterday (Nov. 29) announced a new draft
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act called the “New Economy Immigration Bill” which seeks to provide more incentives for “mid-level” foreign workers, including easier access to permanent residency, to make up for an annual shortfall of at least 110,000 foreign skilled workers, reported Liberty Times.
The new bill would relax the regulations on permanent residency for “mid-level” skilled talent (中階技術人力), including those who have worked in Taiwan for more than six years, graduated high school, have professional certificates, graduated from overseas technical training courses, or other foreigners with mid-level skills. The wages paid to such workers must not fall below the 70th percentile of the average pay in their profession.
The “New Economy Immigration Bill” is aimed at four categories of foreign workers: foreign professionals, foreign mid-level skilled personnel, overseas compatriots, and investment immigrants. Among these groups, the priority will be placed on foreign mid-level technical talent. [FULL STORY]
