I noticed that the APRC card states that the holder must stay in Taiwan for at least 6 months per year, or the APRC status can be revoked. However, the marriage ARC does not state this on the back, which made me wonder, do the same rules apply for holders of the marriage ARC or can they stay out of the country as long as they want? Not planning on leaving any time soon, I’m just a bit curious.
No.
No to what, can leave the country for more than six months or can’t?
no.
So…
Can marriage ARCs be revoked if not in Taiwan for 6+ months per year? No!
Can marriage APRCs be revoked if not in Taiwan for 6+ months per year? Yes?
Do you agree? Wow, it’s new to me… I will keep my ARC
Article 33 of Immigration Act says this.
"National Immigration Agency shall revoke or repeal a person’s permanent residence permit and cancel his/her Alien Permanent Resident Certificate if the person meets one of the following circumstances:
4. Has not resided for one hundred and eighty-three (183) days for each year during his/her permanent residence in the State. "
Though, it is followed by “The person shall be exempted if he/she has the approval of National Immigration Agency to study abroad, seek medical treatment, or for other special reasons.”
As far as I know, any reasons are currently accepted.
The biggest benefit of APRCs may be it cannot be revoked if get divorced.
There is no such thing as a marriage APRC.
Was the rule recently changed for APRCs via marriage too?
An APRC is not based on marriage or employment. It’s a status which enjoys individual independence. ARCs are based on employment, marriage, education.
By the sounds of it, marriage ARCs have three distinct benefits over standard APRCs then.
- Can’t be revoked if out of Taiwan for more than 6 months per year.
- Don’t need to apply for an open work permit (even if it is super easy)
- Often given more rights (as spouses of Taiwan nationals) such as pension rights.
I know pension rights have now been granted to APRC holders too, but for the longest time it was just those married to a Taiwanese. Can you think of any more benefits of a marriage ARC over an APRC.
For your information, there are four types of APRC
Spouse/ Dependent
Employment
Missionary
Investment
Guess which one is Marriage APRC
Aren’t they methods of getting an APRC, rather than types of APRCs themselves?
I think that is right. Though, there are slight difference between APRCs obtained by different criteria.
this is also right. I think marriage APRCs mean APRCs obtained through marriage.
One thing that seems strange to me, is why it takes longer to get an APRC than it does to naturalise.
On a marriage ARC, you must stay in Taiwan for three years (6+ months each year) to naturalise.
But if you want to get an APRC from a marriage ARC you must stay for at least 5 years. Why?
Any reason is special!
That’s true, as soon as you change an ARC through marriage it becomes an APRC without any attachments.
There is NO MARRIAGE APRC!
Those examples you gave are simply the avenues one can qualify to apply for an APRC.
An APRC is a status that is dependent on nothing once you’ve obtained it.
I asked this question.
The answer I received was that by the time you complete the naturalization process, five years will have elapsed. Therefore, spouses of Taiwanese get to apply for naturalization after only three years of marriage.
Another secondary reason that was given was that due to all the mail order brides, it’s important to get them citizenship quickly, so they can work legally and help support the family as most mail order brides marry into poor blue collar working class families.
This was back in the day when a marriage ARC did not allow the spouse to work legally. For old timers like me, the marriage based ARC only gave legal resident rights to stay home, cook, clean and take care of the children, but no legal work without a work permit.
Mail order brides have little to no education, so they were unable to secure a work permit and legal employment until the law changed.
Open work rights for marriage based ARCs is very new.
What are the differences?