Categories open for foreign and overseas Chinese students to work in Taiwan
The approved works that foreign students and overseas Chinese students can apply for include 7 categories such as : A. Specialized or Technical Works, B. The Director or Manager of an Approved Business Invested or Established by Overseas Chinese or Foreigner(s), C. School teacher, D. Full-time Foreign Teacher in Cram School, E. Sports Coaching or Athlete, F. Arts and Performing Arts, G. Contracting Foreigners.
★Jobs for technical supervision in the civil engineering, quality supervision or architectural engineering planning, design, implementation and technical consultation.
★Jobs in land transportation, sea transportation, postal industry, telecommunications and tourism industry, meteorology industry, planning and management jobs.
★Jobs in securities & future trading, financial industry and insurance industry.
★Employed in the real estate agencies should be brokerage or selling of real estates.
★Employed in the immigration service organizations should be offering consultation of immigration fund and brokerage services related to investment immigrating and the idea is to protect the rights of the immigrants, and other consultation services related to immigration.
★Lawyers/attorneys: shall qualify with lawyers/attorneys recognized in the Republic of China, or lawyers/attorneys specialize in foreign laws.
★Patent attorneys: shall qualify as patent attorneys.
★Jobs in healcare in a medical institution including medical organizations, health-care organizations, pharmacists and pharmacies, non-profit healthcare organizations, or other organizations allowed for foreigner-recruitment that recognized by the central competent authorities along with the specific authorities concerned at the central government level.
★Jobs in personnel training, research and development of techniques, installations, operations and maintenances of pollution-prevention instruments
★Jobs in publication Industry, motion picture industry, wireless, cable, and satellite broadcasting (radio and television) industries, service industry related to arts, culture and sports, library and archive preserving industries, museums, historical heritages and other organizations dedicated to preserving cultural assets, and recreation & service industries: operation and management of theme parks or playgrounds.
★The employer shall be a college or above, or an academic research institution or teaching hospital whose registration is approved by the central governing authorities pursuant to laws.
★Foreign employees should obtain the veterinarian certificate issued by the authority concerned at the central government level.
★Operational management, research, analysis, design, planning, maintenance, consultation, instrument installation and technical supervision
★Operational management, design, planning and technical supervision
1.Operational management, design, planning and consultation in professional, technological or technical services.
2.Serving as a chef in hospitality industry.
※Other work designated as per the joint consultation of the central governing authority and the central competent authorities please refer to
Ref. 09405036752 dated June 6, 2005.
From 2018 February 8, work permit application for school teacher shall be submitted to and issued by Ministry of Education.
Foreigners be employed for teaching official language used in the country specified in the passport of the teacher in a short-term cram school registered in accordance with Supplementary Education Act.
Foreigners who meet specific qualification be employed for sports coaching or athlete. For example, a sports coach should hold a National Coaching Certificate or an athlete should have participated in national or international sport competition.
Jobs in arts or performing arts occupation in regulated work place.