Gold Card vs. JFRV

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I tried, here are my thoughts and many others’ comments:

ARC/APRC: "work based" vs. "marriage based" (vs. "gold card") advantages and disadvantages

(Last edited 2023/10/26 according to other Forumosans’ input in the thread below) Yes I searched, and I found lots of questions about which one is better - but the discussions after those questions didn’t really go much into the advantages or disadvantages of either. I am now wondering which one to choose (or maybe a “gold card” in case one is eligible). My case is: German citizen, just married, spouse is ROC national, I’m in Taiwan since 2.5 years on a work ARC (and before 3 years work ARC fro…