Working before permit arrives

[Lobelt]

Waiting for it to be approved

[Lobelt]

So should I call the company, tell them my situation, hope they’ll understand and give back the money??

[yyy]

If you already did the work, you already did the work. That doesn’t mean you need to continue working illegally, but giving back the money wouldn’t change the past. (Just my opinion, not legal advice.)

[DrewC]

@Lobelt

So should I call the company, tell them my situation, hope they’ll understand and give back the money??

“Hope they’ll understand”…

Yeah, that’s not happening.

[Lobelt]

I definitely won’t continue. I mean I could give back the money, they give me the contract I signed and nothing ever happened. Let’s pretend that if somethings gonna happen, when will that be and what could I do then?

[DrewC]

They’re not going to take back your money and unsign you from your contract like nothing happened. Enough about the money. It’s yours and giving it back solves nothing (except making you poorer). The best you can hope for is they agree to release you from your contract without accusing you of breaching it and making trouble for you with immigration. Depending how understanding they are I’d give it 50/50 odds.

[Lobelt]

It was just a one time thing. So there is nothing to breach about.

[yyy]

Then I would move on.

And btw, your income from “written articles” under $180,000/year is tax free (according to the Income Tax Act) and doesn’t need to be declared by you (personal communication from staff at the NTBT on Zhonghua Rd).

[DrewC]

I think we can say @yyy solved this.

[the_bear]

稿費萬歲！ [Hurrah for the manuscript fee tax exemption!]

[Lobelt]

Alright, thanks a lot. I got my work permit now. But the Income-tax act doesn’t change that I worked before my permit arrived, right? I will start freelancing now. But that still can bite my in da ass somehow, right? Is there something I can do to get rid of this one time mistake?

[the_bear]

For god’s sake, it won’t bite you in the ass and you can’t turn the clock back so forget about it and get on with your life.

[DrewC]

@Lobelt

Is there something I can do to get rid of this one time mistake?

Yes. Send the money to me. I’ll …uh… take care of it.

[tando]

Iirc, you are a national without household registration, right? I think you don’t need to worry about it so much.

[springonion]

I continued working for an entire year while on my TARC and still got my ID…no questions asked… Didn’t apply for a work permit…never knew such a permit even existed.

[yyy]

The Income Tax Act isn’t a problem. It’s Art. 43 of the Employment Service Act that could be a problem, if someone with jurisdiction cared to investigate.

But you have citizenship of another country, right?

And your work permit is tied to your employer, right?

A normal work permit (tied to one employer) does not allow you to freelance.

[cozzafrenzy]

@springonion

I continued working for an entire year while on my TARC and still got my ID…no questions asked… Didn’t apply for a work permit…never knew such a permit even existed.

Did your employer maybe get a work permit for you then and you just didn’t know? Or you worked illegally? From what I understand the TARC doesn’t give you open work rights. Thought you need a permit to work

[tando]

@yyy

But you have citizenship of another country, right?

And your work permit is tied to your employer, right?

I think OP’s permit is not tied to a company. Under some conditions, TARC holders with other countries passports can get their own work permits. Article 51of the Employment Service Act.

[yyy]

We have contradictory information in different threads.

If I have Taiwan Area Resident Permit, do I need the work permit to work in Taiwan?

Hello friends I have a question, but before, let me explain my situation. I was born in overseas, but both of my parents are taiwanese citizens, as consequence, I have the ROC nationality (including passport), but I don’t have the household registration (and neither ID card). I hold the ROC nationality, then I can apply for the Taiwan Area Resident Certificate, right? If apply for the TARC, do I need to get the work permit to work in Taiwan? I read in some topics here (and in others website…

TARC holders with only ROC nationality have open work rights, TARC holders who are dual citizens do not have work rights and need a work permit.

ROC Citizenship & TARC Question

The TARC doesn’t actually allow you to work, it allows you to reside for Taiwan (for up to three years). However, once you have the TARC you can apply for a work permit which allows you to take any kind of employment (meaning you won’t have to rely on a particular employer for your working papers). That’s pretty easy to get, once you have your TARC; you just have to apply for it with the Labor Department.

If having a TARC meets the criteria of ESA Art. 51 Par. 1 Subpar. 3, then it should be okay from the starting date of the work permit. Are we sure it meets the criteria?

@ESA

One permitted to live with his/her lineal relative who has a registered domestic residence in the Republic of China

經獲准與其在中華民國境內設有戶籍之直系血親共同生活者。

[cozzafrenzy]

TARC holders with only ROC nationality have open work rights, TARC holders who are dual citizens do not have work rights and need a work permit.

Sounds like this person got it completely backwards. Should be the exact opposite

Maybe @springonion can chime in