I came to Taiwan with my wife. I want to work here for a year or so because my wifes mother is sick and we will be staying here for the time being. I have a JFRV and from what I read opened work rights although you need to be qualified for the position.
The easiest job for me would be to Teach here but I dont not have a university degree. My question is has anyone worked on a JFRV without a degree can you explain what happened . I dont want to work illegally I would like to pay my Taxes and be a normal human being here. I assume even if I get a job the school would have to send something to the GOV? Or when I go to pay my taxes what will happen? Can I be deported for this ?
You have open work rights so you can legally work at a cram school. If the school was sponsoring your ARC you would require a degree. As you are getting a JFRV you don’t need one.
However, the school may have their own requirement that all teachers have a degree.
Is this really true can anyone out there verify this with real experience. Bigduke thanks for the reply but have you done this yourself ? Filed your taxes applied for health insurance ect… With no degree that seems to go against some other posts I have read here. Which state you still need to be qualified with a degree even if you have a JFRV.
I believe bigduke6 is correct. Many schools will want the degree to meet their own criteria. Shouldn’t be a problem finding a school that doesn’t require a degree though, especially with part time work. Good luck. How’s your Mandarin?
My mandarin is ok. It’s on a conversation level for simple things like food and shopping and day to day. I just really want to make sure Its ok to do this before I jump into it. I don’t want the GOV coming after me or to be fined or worse departed.
You can do any job you want with a JFRV. Teach, sell sausages on the street. Anything. The government has NO say on the issue. Of course, certain jobs require certain qualifications – you won’t be able to work as a lawyer, for example, or prescribe mind-altering medication – but other than that, anyone you can persaude to give you a job is good.
At one point seven or eight years ago Kaohsiung City was taking the position that to teach English at a Buxiban, foreigners had to have a college degree even if they did have a JFRV. I don’t think anyone got deported, but I think the schools got fined and the teacher lost his job.
I have no idea if this is still the case or if any other counties or cities followed Kaohsiung’s lead. I’d say go for it since the chances of deportation are pretty low.
At one point seven or eight years ago Kaohsiung City was taking the position that to teach English at a Buxiban, foreigners had to have a college degree even if they did have a JFRV. I don’t think anyone got deported, but I think the schools got fined and the teacher lost his job.
I have no idea if this is still the case or if any other counties or cities followed Kaohsiung’s lead. I’d say go for it since the chances of deportation are pretty low.[/quote]
Interesting. Never heard about this. I have also never heard of anyone with a JFRV getting deported in any teaching job. As I understand the school can be fined but the teacher gets off.
To the OP. If you have searched the forum, you will realize that legal and illegal is a huge gray area in TW. Especially in the teaching industry. It has less to do with you and your qualifications, than the connections the school has. I would not worry about any type of work if you have a JFRV, as long as it is not blatantly illegal.
I think for our purposes an JFRV=ARC. When you apply for a JFRV you do not get an actual visa in your passport. You just get an ARC. This ARC is your “visa”.
No, not really … you get a JFV that gets converted to a resident visa (nothing to do with joining family) that converts to an ARC …
A resident visa is the last step for every one before getting an ARC, not only joining family.
[quote=“Belgian Pie”]No, not really … you get a JFV that gets converted to a resident visa (nothing to do with joining family) that converts to an ARC …
A resident visa is the last step for every one before getting an ARC, not only joining family.
Correct me if I’m wrong.[/quote]
Well, I have no visa in my passport except the long expired visitors visa I used to come here initially.
When I got my ARC I simply went to immigration with all the documents, gave to them and left with my passport. Three weeks later my ARC arrived in the mail. I have left and come back to Taiwan on numerous occasions with no problem.
[quote=“Belgian Pie”]No, not really … you get a JFV that gets converted to a resident visa (nothing to do with joining family) that converts to an ARC …
A resident visa is the last step for every one before getting an ARC, not only joining family.
Correct me if I’m wrong.[/quote]
Ok ill correct you.
If you are married to a Taiwanese person who either has “Household registration” or is currently under the process of applying for “Household registration” you can go to the NIA and fill out some paperwork, what you get is a card, which is called (in english) a ROC (Taiwan) Resident Certificate. It also has the words “ARC”, and “Multiple re-entry permit”. This card entitles you to stay in Taiwan for as long as it is valid.
It is my understanding that the only practical difference between having this card and Permanent residence (What some people call APRC), is that it can be revoked if you get divorced.
That is correct pqkzdrwt. As my wife has household registration,just went to immigration, filled out the documents and got my arc.
As I said, no resident visa in passport.