I mean what was the context of your post? Why would you randomly post a photo of your old ARC?
Why do you assume it was randomly posted?
You posted the photo presumably without any background/context, otherwise she wouldnāt have mistaken you for an overstayer. Thatās what I meant by ārandomly postedā.
Also, the way you described what happened was just weird. A random client of yours happened to visit the same internet forum you were in, and happened to see a post made by you, their contractor, which happened to contain a photo of your old ARC. It just seemed like there was more to this story, thatās all.
No thatās not what I wrote. She didnāt read anything on a forum. Anyway the upshot was she paid for a satellite system and after a few months decided she didnāt want it. I told her to sell it second hand, in fact I found a bar owner in Chiayi that wanted it but she would have to pay for the dish to be taken down. She didnāt like the idea of selling it for less than she paid demanded a full refund or she would make my life hell lol Anyway she decided to ask to see my ARC and I told her I didnāt have one anymore as it had been cancelled. So she assumed I was here illegally. I never told her why my ARC was cancelled. She did not know my Chinese name. So she complained to the FAP about me. The FAP also could not find me in their records in Chiayi City and Chiayi Countyā¦ I wonder why lol
So they contacted me about a complaint I was here illegally and asked did I know the woman. I said sure I did she works at a kindergarten not far from their office. After the FAP confirmed I was here legally they were not amused. So they went to her Kindy one morning at 9am and caught her working illegally. Turned out the reason she didnāt want the satellite system anymore was because she had taken a teaching gig in another city.
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Thatās hilarious! Possibly the best Karen revenge story Iāve read thus far. She got what she deserved. I knew there was more to this story!
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More to it. Her brother lived in Taipei and he started sending me death threats by email. What he didnāt knowā¦ was that my wifeās moms Tribal classmate from our village was the #2 in the FAP in Taiwan. I didnāt know that either. So we contact him send him the emails and contact number for the brother. He gets called in to see the him in FAP in Taipei. He had to leave Taiwan or be charged and possibly sent to prison. Turns out he was working on a visitor visa as well so his visa was also cancelled. Stupid woman cost her and her brother for no reason at all.
Itās not the only time I have been reported on by foreigners about being here illegally?
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You should read this thread then
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I canāt stand Nei Hu 
Might as well be in Singapore.
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Ratting here is normal unless youāre a gangster. Kids rat each other out in classrooms from a young age. I just guess some foreigners get into the āwhen in Romeā. I think they do it to try and get ahead of others by bringing others down. Iād report sexual abuse against children but not much else. I reported some Taiwanese parents who kept their 10 year old child in a dog cage. And didnāt teach her even to read or write. She got a permently disfigured back from living in the cage. Generally I mind my own business but that was too much
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For real. Sooo much has changed.
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I could not do the crap test. My sphincter balked at the squat toilet and the one handicapped toilet was occupied. I went across the street to McDonalds and ate a crap-load of food. Went back to the hospital and still could not go. So I phoned a friend and he did the job for me.
yup! 1994-5ish that was still true
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foc wrote "Yes I live in a 5th floor Gongyu. That is required by law for foreigners. " Whaā¦?! Where do you get this stuff?
What job? Took a crap for you?
Thatās not really true except for some outskirts in the mountains or some rough riveersides/factory areas . Some schools adopt strays. In the old days stray dogs were literally in every neighbourhood, I remember it well as they would roam around in packs at night fighting and howling.
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I remember once in 1991 they deported like 8 or 9 foreign teachers but left the spouse of a Taiwan citizen. No due process, just caught teaching one night, out the next morning after some light overnight grilling, a nighy in the police barracks, and a trip to the tax office.
The only ones I knew of who were deported and married were those here on visitor visaās and not ARCās. A lot of foreigners I knew in Taipei & Taichung in the 90ās didnāt have ARCās as they would have to leave, go home get their police check done then have it notarized at a TECO. I had flown to Canberra ACT to get mine done as they could not be done by post.
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Posted here and the context was about pathway to citizenship.
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Thatās every night in my neighborhood.
Nah , sounds unlikely to me.