Due to an impending divorce, I will be losing my JFRV, or so I think. I am Canadian and have been married a Taiwanese for a less than 3 years.
I will return to Canada for the summer months. I am not sure if I want to return and work here again in September. Are there any steps I must follow after a divorce before leaving Taiwan like exit permits or anything? Are there any tax things or the like? Do I just sign the divorce papers, void the JFRV and have to leave? I hope to follow all the proper procedures in case I want to return. Is there a grace period or do I have to leave immediately? We purchased an apartment together and have been paying the mortgage together for the past couple years. Everything is in her name. Am I legally entitled to any of it?
Due to an impending divorce, I will be losing my JFRV, or so I think. I am Canadian and have been married a Taiwanese for a less than 3 years.
I will return to Canada for the summer months. I am not sure if I want to return and work here again in September. Are there any steps I must follow after a divorce before leaving Taiwan like exit permits or anything? Are there any tax things or the like? Do I just sign the divorce papers, void the JFRV and have to leave? I hope to follow all the proper procedures in case I want to return. Is there a grace period or do I have to leave immediately? We purchased an apartment together and have been paying the mortgage together for the past couple years. Everything is in her name. Am I legally entitled to any of it?
Thanks for any help.[/quote]Firstly, you should read the thread titled Some Answers About Divorce In Taiwan first. You will find a bunch of very good and important information there. Secondly, remember that your wife can’t divorce you unless you sign the paperwork. If you can remain married for another two years, then you can qualify for the APRC (permanent residency) and make whatever decisions you like about living and working in Taiwan. Lastly, you should negotiate the terms of the divorce before you sign the paperwork at the Household Registration Office. Seriously. Get the apartment in your name or at least part of before you agree to a divorce. You’re not entitled to anything if you just sign off on the divorce without getting it straightened out first. Good luck.
What he said, plus this: don’t let your sadness, anger and nihilism at getting divorced cause you to make decisions that will limit the future scope of your life, here in Taiwan or elsewhere. Think of the future, think positive!
Due to an impending divorce, I will be losing my JFRV, or so I think. I am Canadian and have been married a Taiwanese for a less than 3 years.
I will return to Canada for the summer months. I am not sure if I want to return and work here again in September. Are there any steps I must follow after a divorce before leaving Taiwan like exit permits or anything? Are there any tax things or the like? Do I just sign the divorce papers, void the JFRV and have to leave? I hope to follow all the proper procedures in case I want to return. Is there a grace period or do I have to leave immediately? We purchased an apartment together and have been paying the mortgage together for the past couple years. Everything is in her name. Am I legally entitled to any of it?
Thanks for any help.[/quote]Firstly, you should read the thread titled Some Answers About Divorce In Taiwan first. You will find a bunch of very good and important information there. Secondly, remember that your wife can’t divorce you unless you sign the paperwork. If you can remain married for another two years, then you can qualify for the APRC (permanent residency) and make whatever decisions you like about living and working in Taiwan. Lastly, you should negotiate the terms of the divorce before you sign the paperwork at the Household Registration Office. Seriously. Get the apartment in your name or at least part of before you agree to a divorce. You’re not entitled to anything if you just sign off on the divorce without getting it straightened out first. Good luck. [/quote]
A related question: I am an American and my wife is Taiwanese. She has begun talking divorce and it may well come to that. She has said several times that she is willing to stay married until I get an APRC which will take a bit more than two more years. She owns the condo we are living in AND she owns another, much larger condo about three K away. I heard through her daughter that my wife might want me to go live in that other condo and rent if from her.
Technically, I would be living in a place where she is also registered to live. BUT, we would be entirely separate.
