Fulbright program

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in general, volunteering is not illegal on a student visa

I don’t know where to find this information. It used to be easy to find and 15 minutes of searching has turned up nothing. I remember seeing something about volunteering while on a student visa not being allowed, but, as I can’t find evidence either way, I’ll pretend it is allowed.

here it is.

Most volunteer work now OK without work permit

[Cross-posted from Forward Taiwan @ FB] Here is Forward Taiwan’s translation of a new letter of interpretation from the Ministry of Labor that significantly expands the scope of unpaid volunteer work that foreign nationals can do in Taiwan without a work permit. In a nutshell, foreign nationals can now work as unpaid volunteers on public interest projects such as beach cleanups, animal shelters, or other informal projects. Previously, foreign nationals could only volunteer at registered charit…

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NT$40,000 / month when rent in a safe, clean, reasonably sized to raise a family home (outside of Taipei) is going to be at least NT$20,000, is too low.

how many Fulbright ETAs come with a family? If they think they can come with dependants on the $40000/month, it is just a poor judgement.

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If Taiwanese schools and the education bureau only cares about having white faces (fact. we all know this is their main goal or else they’dve long ago accepted Indian and Filipino English teachers)

does Fulbright do something with white faces? I have thought it is just US citizenship, and nothing on races. I also think there are Filipino FETs.