The Employment Gold Card Super-Thread

Some folks I know from Eastern Europe (former Soviet bloc) find this place to be pretty awesome. It certain depends on your frame of reference.

Guy

Indeed。My mum came once, never to return. But then this was downtown Hsinchu, which was then certainly an acquired taste.

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For my mom, the deal breakers were: noise, traffic, crowds, pollution, poor sanitation, heat, humidity, lack of sidewalks, greasy food. That’s a lot of deal breakers…

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It’s not the easiest to take to if you haven’t been brought up in hot crowded urban environments. I have some relatives who couldn’t take the heat and crowds at all.

Leaflet that I found useful and informative:

Regards

Link appears to have broken from my previous post. Find the images here:
https://foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw/en/Content_List.aspx?n=2C86FF5B68C254A8

Does it look different than any other type of ARC? I mean the actual card itself. The only benefit I see in getting it if it’s like the AMEX Premium of ARCs… different look and feel.

If you can bring your family, especially your parents under it, it is a biggie, as not even APRC holders can.

It looks almost exactly the same as a regular ARC (the TARC), there is no real difference .

If you mean the gold card, no idea.

I think the parents can get 1 year re-entry instead of six months re-entry according to the link irish guy posted above.

There was something about a five year limit for this card.

Progress update on my Gold Card application :

  • I applied late night on Friday (25th May). I don’t think they even saw my application till Monday morning.
  • Yesterday I got an email asking me to take my passport to the nearest BOCA/MOFA office.
  • I did that this morning at 9:00 am in Kaohsiung (where they told me I was the only 2nd case they have gotten in the south). All they did was take a copy of my passport and ARC. No questions asked.
  • Just an hour later I got an email from NIA that my “Employment Gold Card” was approved and that I would be getting it within 3 weeks.

Really surprised at the efficiency here. It seems it took them less than 3 working days to process and approve the application.

By the way here’s a link to a really good presentation from NDC providing details about the process and benefits of this card :

20171106Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (slides)

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Well done! Congratulations on this speedy result!

Guy

Hi guys,

I have a case like this,

My salary is not exceeding 160k / month, however this month I am considering to ask for contract termination, hence eligible for Severance Payments, including last month salary they will be over 160k, considering All will be paid by the end of June, am I eligible for this employment gold card?

Thank you in advance

https://coa.immigration.gov.tw/coa-frontend/four-in-one/entry/main?lang=en

Qualification:
https://coa.immigration.gov.tw/coa-frontend/four-in-one/entry/golden-card#QUALIFICATION

All in English. Good luck!

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I appreciate for your links, however it’s a bit confusing about last salary criteria, whether it will include my Severance pay or not.

Ps. I just need to hold on this card until I can get my aprc and owp next year.

There are other categories you could apply under.
If you think salary is the best suited then I think it is the Ministry of Labor that you would need to contact and talk to an examiner of the Gold Card applications.

MOL or NIA? Or both? Just want to make sure before dialing their number

I believe it’s MOL that reviews the qualification.
https://foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=D927ED39BDAE7478&s=DA2F7BC919B77E24

The salary requirement is the quickest to process as MOL can verify that themselves and don’t have to forward it to the appropriate Ministry (Science and Technology, Education etc).

Fyi, tax office treats salary and Severance pay separately.

but for the golden card, I dont know.

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