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IMPACT – MEDIUM
What is the change? Following a company’s misuse of Exit and Entry Permits, Taiwan has tightened its procedures for multiple-entry Exit and Entry Permits for nationals of mainland China.
What does the change mean? Among the changes is a new requirement that applicants notarize and authenticate the employment certificate for nationals of mainland China applying for multiple-entry Exit and Entry Permits.
Background: The stricter rules were triggered after a company filed for several Exit and Entry Permits misstating that the mainland Chinese nationals were traveling to Taiwan for short business trips when in fact they were tourists.
Under the new rules for multiple-entry Exit and Entry Permits, the employment certificate must be notarized in China by the public notary of the appropriate jurisdiction, which must forward a copy to the city’s notary association which will then send it to Taiwan. The original must be authenticated and submitted with the application for the Exit and Entry Permit. This process takes approximately four weeks.
BAL Analysis: Employers and PRC nationals should add several weeks into their timelines to accommodate the more complicated and time-consuming notarization and authentication procedures for multiple-entry Exit and Entry Permits.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group and our network provider located in Taiwan. For additional information, please contact your BAL attorney.
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IMPACT – Medium
What is the change? The Taiwanese government is gradually introducing a mandatory online visa process for all nationals of the Chinese mainland traveling to Taiwan for work or business.
What does the change mean? Employers in Taiwan must apply at the National Immigration Agency (NIA) for access before using the new process. There may be processing delays during rollout of the new system.
Background:
BAL analysis: Since processing delays will result from the online system launch, clients are advised to plan ahead. To avoid further delays, clients are advised to apply in advance with the NIA for access to the online system.
This alert has been provided by the BAL Global Practice group and our network provider located in Taiwan. For additional information, please contact GlobalVisaGroup@bal.com.
Employers will soon benefit from raised caps on the percentage of foreign workers allowed in the work force, but they must also meet additional costs for these workers. Today, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) announced that the limit on foreign workers will be increased to as much as 40 percent of an employer’s payroll. At the same time, employers will be required to pay foreign workers higher wages than before, and to allocate employment security commitments of $3,000, $5,000 or $7,000 in Taiwan New Dollars.
Although MOEA is still arranging the particulars of the plan – including effective dates – with the Council of Labor Affairs, it is expected that the changes will first go into effect in industries designated as 3K5. This label denotes fields considered dangerous, difficult or messy. BAL will provide details about implementation as they become available.
For additional information on Taiwanese immigration matters, please contact GlobalVisaGroup@bal.com.