Tourist visa to resident :Philippines

Hello!

I applied for a teaching job in Taiwan and am now processing my contract with the school.

I was planning to apply for single entry tourist visa in the Philippines, and then change it to resident visa once in Taiwan.

However, I heard that recently, there was a Filipino who did this, but was not awarded the resident visa. I was advised to register with POEA and follow its procedures. But processing a direct hiring application takes a long time.

Any advice guys? I’d really like to get out of the country and work abroad, even for just a year.