First of all, I’m talking about after coronavirus restrictions have been lifted.
My mom, has talked about moving to Taiwan after she retires. She is not rich, so no investment visa or anything like that. She could do visa runs every 3 months, but that’s not ideal. She has an interest in learning Chinese, so I was thinking she could enroll in a Chinese school, which would allow her to get an ARC. My questions are:
Is there an age limit for a learning Chinese student ARC?
Is there a maximum length she could study Chinese and still have an ARC? For example, could she stay enrolled at a Chinese school for ten years and keep renewing her ARC?
Could her husband (who wouldn’t be learning Chinese) get an ARC as a dependant of my mom?
Is there a minimum number of hours you need to study per week to be eligible for an ARC? What would be the best school to do this economically speaking?
Finally, I’d like to say that she wouldn’t be lying about studying Chinese. She actually would study and wants to study.
yes, she can, 15 years ago I had a classmate from japan in ntnu doing the exact same thing.he was 65 and studying chinese in Taipei, he said his japanese pension lasts much longer in Taiwan.
there is no age restrictions, her husband can get a dependent arc.
the only problem is that this way doesnt allow getting aprc after 5 years (or ever), meaning they will have to study chinese till they die to keep the visa
there is a minimum hours a week for arc, I think its 10 or 12.
as far as I know they do not allow work.
students studying for university degree (I.e. not language school or mandarin training center ) can get a student work permit which allows up to 20 hours a week.
Are they actually given a physical permit or some kind of document to say they can work, or is it written on their ARC? I feel like most employers would be skeptical otherwise.
That is not true, it depends on the program (and I know people who have done language study for longer than 2 years, so what is this information based on?). If the “2 years” limit is correct (and I don’t think it is), she could do language study for 2 years, and then do a BA in whatever she likes at a university. And so on.
For someone wishing to retire in Taiwan, leaving and reapplying for a new visa every two years is still much better than doing a visa run every three months. I guess they could also apply for a 180 day visitor visa every six months too.
You can study long term for degrees. Know a handfull of people that started learning chinese, went for ba, 5 years, then masters then phd. A few have steetched it over 15 years. numerous masters and phd available in english. But you are far more restricted as more hours need to be spent at the school. Especially for your bachelors. Maybe online university style could work now a days?