I am studying my bachelor degree in an University in Taiwan, and through this University I have my ARC every year and apply for a working permit every semester. This working permit grants me 20 hours a week of legal work without being tied to any company in specific.
Right now I work at a cram school 12 hours per week and an Elementary school in the after-class English program for 4 hours per week. Once I graduate, I will probably have my ARC sponsored by the cram school, but I still would like to work at the elementary school since they pay me more. Can I do that?
You can get additional work permits, I believe. The first work permit needs to be for 14 hours, the second one can add more hours up to a maximum number. I’m not sure the maximum number per week anymore.
if the 2nd place can get a work permit for you, you can work.
The total hour should not be more than 32hr, and should not be less than 6 hr for each. Working hour for the 1st employer should not be less than 14hr. So, you can worj for up to 4 places, if teach of them get a work permits for you.
It sounds like you have a student work permit, so you can work at as many different locations as you want, as long as you don’t exceed the maximum weekly hours or the maximum job duration (6 months).
If in doubt, contact the Ministry of Labor (www.mol.gov.tw) or your local labor department. Your university should also be able to answer questions about this, but perhaps they only understand how to file the application.
Or to put it another way, this is not just a Taiwan thing. You may have heard of “schools” popping up in western countries just so that foreigners can get semi-open work permits.
But remember, it’s semi-open, with maximum weekly hours and maximum job duration, and only while you’re a student and all that jazz.
This is a quirk in the relaxing of red tape in Taiwan. They gave the students 20 hour open work permits while limiting regular work permits to one employer
I believe student work permits in their current form were a product of the last decade. Ten years ago you’d have to have a bachelors degree to work as a student. Most student were working illegally, so the government had to address the problem.
Things do not change, we change. — Henry Thoreau