3 weeks from Gold Card to APRC back in 2021 for me. Latest experience i have seen shared was someone applied for APRC on 6/31 and it was ready to pickup on 8/2.
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Yeah I used that - the itemized tax certificate from 2022, which I collected in late June or so (the tax office clerk said in May when I filed that sheād need this long to go through the stuff).
I didnāt realize immigration would keep the original actually. Now I need to go back to the tax office to get another (for my records and credit card applications). 
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Mhh, I guess itās time that I ask them when I can have mine. Also filed in May (online), but havenāt heard back yetā¦
I think it should be fine by now. You could also e-mail them to ask. (I did specifically ask in May when the earliest would be that I could collect the itemized one.)
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Yeah, but I already know Iāll have to go to the tax office again and theyāll probably ask for more documents again.
And then thereās this issue (the filing software incorrectly prorated my overseas income and allowances based on the the days I stayed in Taiwanā¦):
So I am not really that āmotivatedā to take care of that thing nowā¦ 
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Just wanted to add my experience here as this and the other Gold Card thread have been helpful and I am not sure anyone has personally/directly confirmed that this process works yet. I know itās probably been discussed on Facebook but thatās a private group so here it is in a public forum. I received my 3-year GC in 2020, applied for the ARC job seeking extension or whatever itās called a month before my GC expired, and then applied for an APRC a couple days after my original GC expiration date. My status is now in the č£½čäø stage (āproducing card/documentā) so I expect to be notified to pick it up next week. Took about 5 weeks from applying.
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One more note, I was never notified, I just checked over the weekend and the status was changed in the system to é č (collect card), when I went yesterday it was there. So keep an eye on this site, which is mostly in Chinese and they gave me instructions only in Chinese when I applied.
https://egate.immigration.gov.tw/NIA_OnlineApply_inter/caseQuery/caseQueryForm.action
Youāll have to use whatās called āreceive no.ā here, which youāll find on the receipt they give you when you apply. Your ARC number wonāt work, I guess they donāt consider that an āID number.ā
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I just received my APRC as well via gold card. Took exactly 1 month from the date I submitted my application. After I picked it up, they said I still need to apply for an open work permit if I would like to work. I thought they recently updated the rules to no longer require one for those with permanent residency.
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Hey all. Iām currently on a job seeking visa after finishing my 3 years on the gold card and am looking to apply for the APRC. I swear I saw in a thread somewhere on here that you can check with an office/hotline/chat if you are currently eligible to apply for the aprc? I talked to the wonderful gold card chatline today and they said their department doesnāt have the capability. Does anyone know? I just want to make sure my dates and everything are fine before I go through all the hastle. Thanks!
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Go to the nearest National Immigration Agency
Yea, I just havenāt had the best track record dealing with the local ones down here in the South when it comes to anything gold card related.
Yeah, I wish there was a definitive answer on this
I got the open work permit as well. It was only 100nt so a small price to pay for a peace of mind.
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There is as far as Iām concerned - the last part of Article 7 of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals reads pretty definitively to me:
A foreign professional, foreign special professional, or foreign senior professional, their spouse, child under the age of majority, and child over the age of majority who is unable to live independently due to physical or mental disability, having obtained permanent residency, need not apply to the Ministry of Labor or Ministry of Education for a permit to engage in work in the State.
Was this in Taipei or somewhere else? Itās possible they were just unfamiliar with the rules for gold card holders and used to saying that.
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Yes, itās definitely possible. Not going to stress too much about this as I already now have the owp.
The open work permit is so stupid. Iāve got it and itās basically a final fee to pay. The APRC should cover it, but someoneās job might be eliminated if they used common sense in government.
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I collected my APRC today too. It had been ready since last weekend and mine also took pretty much exactly one month.
The next stop was Mega Bank to try and withdraw the 6k from the ATM, only to be rejected because I hadnāt yet updated my NHI card with the shitty new ARC number lol.
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Congrats! Were you also told to apply separately for the open work permit?
Iām assuming you got a new number with the APRC because you hadnāt converted your previous ID to the new format?
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Btw, Iām eligible for the APRC as well, but not sure if I should apply for itā¦ I know it would make me eligible for the 6k NTD, but not sure if the Gold Card tax benefits would still be available. I mean Iām not making enough to avail the benefit yet, but I hope to maybe a couple of years laterā¦
This has been discussed before but no definitive answer yet
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Could you still apply for the 6k rebate with a freshly issued card now?