Im a 24 year old native Dutch (fluent english speaker too)
Iv been in Taiwan for over 2 years.
Recently my girlfriend has been getting pissed at me for not working.
Iv been looking around for ages tho…
Is there anyway way to get a working visa in Taiwan if you are NOT from an English speaking country and do NOT have a uni degree?
According to a friend working at a school its not exactly NEEDED,but prefered and they will always hire the person who does come from an English speaking country/uni degree.
Basically what i want to know is “Is there any way a company could hire me? or do the laws they have regarding visas in Taiwan forbid me from getting a working visa?”
Else I can just stop wasting my time and looking…
Iv also been looking into internships,
Now I read that there is a tourist visa for internship but I believe its not allowed to receive any pay on that (tho the internship I applied for is around 15.000NT a month)
I believe student visas allow 20 hours of work a week?
[quote=“tommy525”]White collar jobs require a college degree. Blue collar jobs probably are not what you want and there are too many rules as well.
If you want to stay you should marry your girlfriend, then you can have open work rights.
Otherwise you have to set up your own firm .[/quote]
Not necessarily a degree, Tommy. Technical workers are okay with two years work experience. Might depend on the area of expertise though.
Right now, one of the easiest to get is Chef’s, western cooks, or hospitality management.
Most western Chef’s have AS degrees, and a shitload of cooking experience. Of course, a BS, is always best, but not always required.
Im living in Shuanglian (Taipei) on the red line.
I speak Dutch,English,German and can handle a computer pretty well.
I studied hospitality and airline service in Uni but I didn’t finish it.
Well a friend of mine have also been looking into starting a small business here…
But they never called us back when they heard we were foreigners…
And when we asked at the immigration office they told us we need to show $200.000 US as starting capital even for a small drink shop (T_T)
So basically without a degree or any special skill its gonna be impossible to get a working visa here I suppose?
I always thought the rules are “you NEED a college/uni degree in order to get a working visa issued” and if you teach english you need to be a native speaker on top of that.
[quote=“saddletramp”][quote=“tommy525”]White collar jobs require a college degree. Blue collar jobs probably are not what you want and there are too many rules as well.
If you want to stay you should marry your girlfriend, then you can have open work rights.
Otherwise you have to set up your own firm .[/quote]
Not necessarily a degree, Tommy. Technical workers are okay with two years work experience. Might depend on the area of expertise though.
Right now, one of the easiest to get is Chef’s, western cooks, or hospitality management.
Most western Chef’s have AS degrees, and a shitload of cooking experience. Of course, a BS, is always best, but not always required.[/quote]
What about the hospitality management?
Kinda like the hotel internship I applied for