Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/25
By Shih Hsiu-chuan

Taipei, Jan. 25 (CNA) Adult children of permanent resident foreign professionals will

Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德)/CNA file photo

soon be able to apply for a “personal work permit” to allow them to work in Taiwan, Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) announced Thursday.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, Lai said that the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, which was passed Oct. 31 last year, will take effect Feb. 8.

According to Article 17 of the act, where a foreign professional has obtained permanent residency, his or her children aged over 20 will be able to file an application with the Ministry of Labor for a permit to work in Taiwan, provided they meet specific conditions.

Applicants must have accumulated a minimum 10 years of legal residency in Taiwan and stayed for more than 270 days each year, or they must have entered Taiwan before the age of 16 and spent at least 270 days each year since then, or must have been born in Taiwan and have lawfully resided for at least 10 years for more than 183 days each year.    [FULL  STORY]