Minimum Salary for Foreigners working in Taiwan?

[mezziahmac]

@sandman

Give us an idea of the kind of managerial appointment you’re seeking and it’ll be easier to guesstimate what you will be looking for.

My primary objective is to get to stay in Taiwan with a job. I was thinking of setting up a company. Then again, I’m beginning to realize that minimum capital requirement (NT50,000) to set up a company and minimum capital requirement (NT 5 million) to obtain a WP for foreigner are quite different. Which means it’s possible for me to set up a company and be the owner of the company, but I will not be given a WP.

[sandman]

Which means it’s possible for me to set up a company and be the owner of the company, but I will not be given a WP.

That’s correct. You should send a PM to Llary. He’s set up a company here that supports him.

[Joesox]

@sandman

Which means it’s possible for me to set up a company and be the owner of the company, but I will not be given a WP.

That’s correct. You should send a PM to Llary. He’s set up a company here that supports him.

Llary wrote a lot of useful information about that here:
viewtopic.php?f=88&t=43055

[mezziahmac]

@joesox

@sandman

Which means it’s possible for me to set up a company and be the owner of the company, but I will not be given a WP.

That’s correct. You should send a PM to Llary. He’s set up a company here that supports him.

Llary wrote a lot of useful information about that here:
viewtopic.php?f=88&t=43055

Thanks. I’ve since “infiltrated” the thread that you recommended, though much has been about Representative Office.

[mezziahmac]

@sandman

Which means it’s possible for me to set up a company and be the owner of the company, but I will not be given a WP.

That’s correct. You should send a PM to Llary. He’s set up a company here that supports him.

Llary set up a Representative Office.

[nz]

Grave dig to ask if anyone can quickly link me to the relevant government website about minimum wage for full time white collar workers?

Is it still just that you need at least 2x minimum wage for APRC qualification or was there even actually a law that said you have to make 2x minimum wage in order to get a work permit as a white collar worker?

[UnderArmor]

https://ezworktaiwan.wda.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=77054B15FD1F5128&sms=2E02279676D3E77B&s=7B4946F6F7EF1737

Though its slightly dated and doesn’t reflect the minimum wage hike.

The ability to pay foreign graduates of local universities less than 48k is fucked, and has obliterated the low-end labor market for foreigners. Now its all SEAsians in the low-end office jobs.

[nz]

Thanks. I knew about being able to pay recent local graduates/basically slaves from SEA less. Maybe the dual nationality thing will change that? One can hope. (In the US it’s the migrant labor that gets paid the least too, but if they have a path to citizenship, the idea is that they can climb up in life, American dream, blablabla…)

[UnderArmor]

Lol the dual nationality thing is going to be a reason to pay people less!

[Mataiou]

Race to the bottom… Ofc that is not our intent

[anon24369109]

What dual nationality thing? Many SEA nationals come from countries that do not allow dual citizenship. Philippines does

[anon24369109]

I’ve been bottom of the pile since I naturalized. Can’t wait for when you naturalize your local employer pays you the same salary as other citizens.

[Zllig]

I haven’t even naturalized and I recently applied for a job that offered me 183/hr lol!

[Whatevah]

@nz

Thanks. I knew about being able to pay recent local graduates/basically slaves from SEA less. Maybe the dual nationality thing will change that? One can hope. (In the US it’s the migrant labor that gets paid the least too, but if they have a path to citizenship, the idea is that they can climb up in life, American dream, blablabla…)

They have a path to citizenship here too. The single nationality thing is a non-issue to for people from SEA