Marriage ARC, work permit and teaching kindergarten cram schools

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@Kahuna

y, what’s the legal status with teaching at the kindergartens? I’ve heard it is illegal, regardless if you’re Taiwanese/foreign, and regardless of your visa status. A JFRV holder teaching kindergarten cram school is working illegally?

I think this post may answer to this question.

List of Laws

Teaching English to 6 yo or younger kids at kindergartens or buxibans **Kindergartens ** Anyone without required credentials cannot teach anything legally in kindergartens. Educators should be directly employed by kindergartens they teach at. Kindergartens cannot provide work permits for foreigners. It is illegal that kindergartens provide full or half day English classes, or teach English as a subject. (Just integrated English curriculum is allowed.) The Statute for Preschool Educators htt…

Credentials to teach at kindergarten are here.

https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=H0070071

Teaching illegal kindergarten as a marriage ARC holder? What happens if caught?

The Statute for Preschool Educators Article 26 Preschools shall not employ preschool educators through dispatch employment. Personnel without educare certificates or credentials shall not be allowed to work as preschool educators. Preschool educators shall be prohibited to offer or lend educare certificates or credentials to others. Article 35 Persons for whom any of the following statements is true shall be subject to a fine of not less than 6,000 New Taiwan Dollars and not more than 30,0…

To teach kids, you need a criminal check, iirc.

@Kahuna

Does Taiwan Immigration/Labor bureaus deal with this issue any differently than working on tourist visa (deportation/re-entry ban)?

yes. You don’t violate immigration laws if you have a work right.