Amendments to Articles 5-1 and 6 of “Qualifications and Criteria Standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 46.1.1 to 46.1.6 of the Employment Services Act”
Article 5-1
Other than meeting with other criteria specified in the Standards, foreign students, overseas Chinese students and ethnic Chinese students who have graduated from a public or private accredited college or university in the Republic of China and have accumulated a minimum of 70 points derived from the criteria in the attached table, may be employed to undertake the jobs with exemption from the limitations in the preceding Article.
The Central Competent Authorities shall announce the quota, application period, documents for approval and the procedure for issuing the employment permit .
Article 6
In order to assist companies in retaining professional and technical employees to response of the changes in the industry environment, foreigners employed in accordance with the Article 5.1.2 may be exempted from the limitation of work experience by the agreement with the central competent authorities in consultation with the central industry competent authorities
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Reference Table
Item Content/Level Points Notes
Education PhD 30
Master degree 20
Bachelor degree 10
Employment
Salary Monthly average above
47,971 New Taiwan Dollars 40 Monthly average above
40,000 New Taiwan Dollars and no more than 47,971 New Taiwan Dollars
30
Monthly average above 35,000 New Taiwan Dollars and no more than 40,000 New Taiwan Dollars
20
Monthly average above 31,520 New Taiwan Dollars and no more than 35,000 New Taiwan Dollars
10
Work
Experience More than two years 20 Full time work experience in the Republic of China or abroad.
More than 1 year and no
more than 2 years 10
Job
Qualifications Demonstrated capabilities and talents towards the company and job position requirements
20 Demonstrated special talents and capabilities towards the job position requirements, such as professional training, certification of skills, awards obtained from creative competitions, etc.
Chinese Language proficiency
Scored “fluency” and above in Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
30 Certifications of Chinese proficiency tests, transcripts for Chinese language courses taken, or documentation of hours of Chinese study.
Scored “high-level” and above in the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
25
Scored “mid-level” and above in the Test of Chinese as a Foreign Language
20
Foreign Language Proficiency
Proficiency in 2 or more other
language other than Chinese 20 Certifications of Foreign language proficiency test or documentation of hours of foreign language study.
Proficiency in one foreign
language other than Chinese 10 Overseas
Experience Continuous residence in a foreign country for at least six straight years
10 Documentation issued by the University Entrance Committee for Overseas Chinese Students or Overseas Community Affairs Council, or school that the applicant student earned academic degree or diploma from.
Cooperation with
government policy
Employment by an enterprise following governmental industrial development policies
20 Documentation or letter of proof issued by the Central Competent Authorities
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