Foreign special professionals with specialized knowledge/skills in economic fields

Please attach all of the following documents:

• Documents verifying salary or income tax payment relating to employment at an economic company or in an economic field. Documentary proof of salary or tax payment means one of the following.

  • Any annual tax statement issued within 3 years of the application date (e.g., Australia PAYG Payment Summary, Canada T4, Israel 106 Form, Russia 2-NDFL, Poland PIT-11, UK P60, US W-2) to prove that your monthly salary was at average above NTD$160,000. If such certification cannot be presented owing to provisions of tax law, it may, after explanation of the tax law provisions preventing its presentation, be replaced by employer’s certification. (The Certificate of Employment should specify the period of employment, job content/position, and the actual salary received. If the Certificate of Employment does not specify the salary, it should be accompanied by a salary slip to support it).

  • The employment contract of intended future employment in the ROC.

    • Documents not made in Mandarin or English shall be attached with translations. Documents issued in the Mainland area have to be attested and examined by the institutions instituted or appointed by the Executive Yuan, or non-governmental organizations entrusted by the Executive Yuan (Strait Exchange Foundation) in accordance with the rule in Article 7 of“Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area”；Documents from the following countries/regions must be verified by an overseas ROC representative office: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bengal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cuba, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

• Personal curriculum vitae and document verifying domestic or foreign service relating to employment at an economic company or in an economic field.

Proof of work experience is a Certificate of Employment with your full name, company name, position, actual duration of employment, company stamp/seal, or signature of the entity by which the paper was issued.

• One of the following documents to indicate the applicant’ current and former employer’s status in Taiwan such as the enterprise operational headquarter, high-tech R&D hubs, transnational enterprise:

1. Certificate of the range of the enterprise operational headquarters.
2. Subsidy approval letter of MOEA’s “Global Innovation Partnership Initiatives” Program.
3. Subsidy approval letter of MOEA’s “Pioneers for Innovation Leadership On Technology Program”
4. Any other documents which verify it as a transnational enterprise*( interpreted by the Ministry of Labor per Order Lao-Dong-Fa-Guan-Tzu No. 1070508252 on July 2nd, 2018 ).*

• Verification of service, or verification of resignation made out by the employing organization to indicate the applicant who have held the position of operations, technical or marketing executive.

Proof of work experience is a Certificate of Employment with your full name, company name, position, actual duration of employment, company stamp/seal, or signature of the entity by which the paper was issued.

• One of the following documents to prove applicant’s professional technical capabilities related to key industry products, components or service models:

1. Evidence proving a filed patent application has been obtained or lodged.
2. Journal publications or public presentations (i.e., conferences or seminars) of research results.

• Copy of doctoral diploma in relevant fields from foreign or domestic universities.

• One of the following documents to prove applicant received an international invention/innovation award or have more than four years of work experience in related fields:

  • Copy of certification or verification of international invention awards.
  • Proof of work experience for at least four years in relevant fields. Please attach all of the following documents:
  1. Verification of domestic or foreign work experience in a relevant field for four or more years.

Proof of work experience is a Certificate of Employment with your full name, company name, position, actual duration of employment, company stamp/seal, or signature of the entity by which the paper was issued.

Notes:

Verifying documents must consist of proof of service, or proof of resignation made out by the employing organization.

When the candidate has both domestic and foreign proof of service, either one may be provided, but domestic and foreign work experience in relevant fields must total at least four years.

• Corporation information during employment, job description (such as project experience, service experience, effectiveness after customer’s introduction of solutions, etc.), documents verifying technology or other proof of expertise (such as domestic or foreign patent certificate, a technology transfer contract, academic works, licenses, documents verifying receipt of awards, etc.)

Field: semiconductors, optoelectronics, information and communication hardware, electronic circuit design, biotechnology/medical materials, precision machinery, transportation, consultancy, or green energy company

• Proof of work experience of for at least eight years in relevant fields. Please attach all of the following documents:
• Verification of domestic or foreign work experience in a relevant field for eight or more years.

Proof of work experience is a Certificate of Employment with your full name, company name, position, actual duration of employment, company stamp/seal, or signature of the entity by which the paper was issued.

Notes:

Verifying documents must consist of proof of service, or proof of resignation made out by the employing organization.

When the candidate has both domestic and foreign proof of service, either one may be provided, but domestic and foreign work experience in relevant fields must total at least eight years.

• Corporation information during employment, job description (such as project experience, service experience, effectiveness after customer’s introduction of solutions, etc.), documents verifying technology or other proof of expertise (such as domestic or foreign patent certificate, a technology transfer contract, academic works, licenses, documents verifying receipt of awards, etc.)

• Proof of work experience of at least eight years in relevant fields. Please attach all of the following documents:

  • Verification of domestic or foreign work experience in a relevant field for eight or more years.

Proof of work experience is a Certificate of Employment with your full name, company name, position, actual duration of employment, company stamp/seal, or signature of the entity by which the paper was issued.

Notes:

1. Verifying documents must consist of proof of service, or proof of resignation made out by the employing organization.
2. When the candidate has both domestic and foreign proof of service, either one may be provided, but domestic and foreign work experience in relevant fields must total at least eight years.

• Corporation information during employment, job description (such as original works, project experience, service experience, effectiveness after customer’s introduction of solutions, etc.), documents verifying technology or other proof of expertise in Cultural and Creative Industries (such as documents verifying receipt of awards, academic works, licenses, professional certificate , domestic or foreign patent certificate, a technology transfer contract, etc.)

• Serving as a legal representative, senior executive or core member of the R&D team of the enterprise in Taiwan, which has secured investment from a domestic or overseas venture capital or has been acquired for at least US$1 million. The required number of applicants shall increase by one for every additional US$1 million invested in the enterprise.

  • Enterprise in Taiwan that have secured investment from a domestic or overseas venture capital or have been acquired for at least US$1 million must provide the following documents:

    1. Registration form for the establishment (change) of domestic business or foreign company approval (change of approval) form.
    2. If the investor is a foreigner or foreign juristic person, approval letters for the investment and investment amount by the foreign investment supervisory authority or its authorized agency (cumulative investment or acquisition amount reaching US$1 million).
    3. Detailed statement of shareholder payment for cash shares from within 2 months of this application (the names of shareholders or the investing foreign/domestic business must be clearly stated under the shareholders field).
    4. Registration documents for the legal representative of the startup enterprise in Taiwan in the invested business, or certificate of service (including a detailed description of job role) as a senior executive or R&D personnel of core technologies.

  • The applicant holds an Entrepreneur Visa or resident certificate for a startup business.

• Serving as legal representative of the startup enterprise in Taiwan, which has received the grant for R&D plans from the government and invest at least US$1 million in the enterprise. Every additional US$1 million being invested in the enterprise, may increase an additional applicant quota.

  • Startup enterprises in Taiwan that have received a government grant for R&D plans should provide the following documents:

    1. Certificate for obtaining a government grant for R&D plans and the project plan.
    2. Registration documents for the legal representative of the startup enterprise in Taiwan that has received a government grant for R&D plans, or certificate of service (including a detailed description of job role) as a senior executive or R&D personnel of core technologies.

  • The applicant holds an Entrepreneur Visa or resident certificate for a startup business.

• Evidence proving applicant’s professional ability or transnational experience.