Work Permit Online Application Guide for NTNU International Students
｜Internship
｜Employment
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Employment Service Act
Chapter V Employment and Administration of Foreign Workers
| Article 43 |
Unless otherwise specified in the Act, no foreign worker may engage in work within the Republic of China should his/her employer have not yet obtained a permit via application therefore. |
| Article 46 |
Unless otherwise provided in the Act, the work that a foreign worker may be employed to engage in within the Republic of China is limited to the following:
1.Specialized or technical work.
2.Director/manager/executive of a business invested in or set up by overseas Chinese or foreigner(s) with the authorization of the Government of the Republic of China.
3.Teacher at the following schools:
(1)Teacher at a public or registered private college/university or school established especially for foreign residents.
(2)Approved teacher teaching course(s) on foreign language(s) at a public or registered private primary or high school.
(3)Teacher teaching course(s) at a public or registered private experimental high school's bilingual department or at bilingual school(s).
4.Full-time teacher at a short-term class registered for supplementary schooling in accordance with the Supplementary Education Act.
5.Sports coach and athlete.
6.Religious, artistic, and show business work.
7.Crew member of a merchant vessel, working vessel, and vessel ad hoc permitted by the Ministry of Transportation and Communication.
8.Marine fishing/netting work.
9.Household assistant and nursing work.
10.Workers designated by the Central Competent Authority in response to national major construction project(s) or economic/social development needs.
11.Other specialized workers ad hoc approved by the Central Competent Authority due to the lack of such specialist in the domestic employment market and the business necessity to retain the service of such specialist |
The Central Competent Authority shall consult the other central competent authority(ies) administering the work concerned to determine the working qualification(s) and standard of review thereof in respect of the foreign worker engaging in work as referred to in paragraph 11 of this article, except for as otherwise provided by other laws.
The employer when employing a foreign worker to engage in work as referred to in subparagraphs 8 to 10 of paragraph 1 of this article, shall execute a labor contract in writing with the employed foreign worker and with fixed duration only; in case where it is not so fixed, the duration of his/her employment shall be deemed as the same with the duration of employment permit thereof. The foregoing in this paragraph shall equally apply in the case of extension of such labor contract.
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| Article 50 |
The scope of jobs as limited in Paragraph 1 of Article 46 does not apply to the following categories of students to be employed to engage in work in the Republic of China; with the exception of the winter and summer vacations, their sum of working hours shall not exceed 20 hours per week:
1. Foreign students enrolled in a public or registered private college/university; and
2. Overseas Chinese students and other foreign students of Chinese origin enrolled in a public or registered private high or higher school.
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| Qualifications and Criteria Standards for foreigners undertaking the jobs specified under Article 46.1.1 to 46.1.6 of the Employment Service Act |
| Article 5-1 |
Other than meeting additional criteria specified in the Standards, foreign overseas students, overseas Chinese students or other students of Chinese descent who meet one of the following criteria and have accumulated a minimum of 70 points based on the provisions in the attached addendum, can be employed to undertake work listed in Article 4 and be exempted from the limitations in the previous Article:
1. Students who have graduated from a university in the Republic of China with a bachelor’s degree or higher
2. Students who have graduated from a university or college in the Republic of China with an associate degree in subjects related to manufacturing, construction, agriculture, long-term care, or e-commerce
The Central Competent Authority will announce the quota, application period, documents for approval and the procedure for issuing the employment permit referred to in the previous paragraph.
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