Hello All,
I have a question that needs some answering.
I recently quit my job at a school to take up employment at cycling company. This thing is I will be unemployed for about 2 months which is when mt contract starts. During this time I do not want to be without health coverage. Is there any way to mai0ntain my health coverage while I am temporarily unemployed.
Not sure if this extra bit of info helps but I have an APRC and an open work permit.
Thanks for any advice.
Go to the NHI office. If you have an APRC you can register for health insurance like any other Taiwanese citizen. I assume that you still have your NHI card, you basically need to report a change of tou2bao3 dan1wei4 投保單位.
I don’t know whether you perhaps need some paperwork from your previous employer, in my case, I used to have a rep office, and was basically my own toubao danwei. I needed to provide a letter from MOE that stated the termination of the rep office registration. I would assume that your previous employer has already reported to NHI that you are not isured through him anymore, so it should really be easy.
Anyway, it is possible to be insured without an employer, you will probably end up paying something like 700-800 NT per month. I’d say, just go to the NHI office, and ask them.
That sounds super easy thanks a lot!
I have a question.
A friend has been here for a year. He doesn’t work and lives off his savings.
He asked me about this:
nhi.gov.tw/English/webdata/w … ta_id=3148
[quote]Foreign Nationals from Hong Kong, Macau, China, or Other Countries who Reside in Taiwan
The National Health Insurance Act stipulates that foreign nationals who are legal residents of Taiwan (including those from Hong Kong, Macau and China) must either be registered in the National Health Insurance program by their employer starting the day they are employed or enroll in the National Health Insurance program upon living in Taiwan for 6 months (6 months of continuous residence in Taiwan or with one trip abroad not exceeding 30 days when the actual residency period of 6 months is reached after the days abroad have been deducted).
Foreign students
Foreign students can apply to enroll in the program through their school.
Those with fixed employers
Those with a steady job can register for the program through their employers.
Those who are unemployed but able to enroll as a dependent through a relative (i.e., parents, spouses, or children) could participate in the National Health Insurance program through a relative's insurance registration organization after six months continuous residence in Taiwan.
Those without a fixed employer or family members with whom dependency can be claimed, must, after six months of consecutive residence, enroll through the local administrative office where they reside.
Company chairpersons/owners
They must enroll in the program through their company after six months of consecutive residence. [/quote]
He would be eligible, except he has left Taiwan twice in the last 6 months - both for a day, but returned both on the same day (same day turnaround).
Does anyone know if the residency is - you can only leave once or it goes by actual days in Taiwan?
Seeing as residency is deduced by immigration/tax authority by actual days and not by how many times you leave, shouldn’t that be the case here?