Does the MOE have anything to do with work permits for teachers anymore?
This page:
evta.gov.tw/foreign/eanswers-1.htm
states quite clearly that teachers get their work permits from the CLA, and those married to Taiwanese don’t need to.
Has this situation been resolved, so that all work permits are the purview of the CLA, or is the MOE still contradicting the law?
Brian
Sorry for the gravedig, but there still seems to be some confusion about this issue.
I’m pretty sure that the Council of Labor Affairs is the issuer of work permits for foreigners teaching English in cram schools.
Last night (or really, early this morning) I looked at six of my old foreign-English-teacher work permits–for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Each of the six had the following language, apparently in the nature of a letterhead, at the top of it:
(Xíngzhèng Yuàn Láogōng Wěiyuánhuì Hán; translation: Executive Yuan, Council of Labor Affairs (Letter?))
[quote=“In August of 2004, Bu Lai En”]This page:
evta.gov.tw/foreign/eanswers-1.htm
states quite clearly that teachers get their work permits from the CLA. . . .[/quote]
The above link is now dead. Here’s the pertinent part of the linked page, from archive.org:
[quote]Q02: Are all work permit applications applied to Council of Labor Affairs of Executive Yuan?
A02: Yes, except for applications for foreign ship crews to Ministry of Transportation and Communications, foreign legal counselors or paralegals to Ministry of Justice, and foreign professional workers and executives of overseas Chinese investment business in Science Park to Science Park Administration.[/quote] web.archive.org/web/200701090818 … wers-1.htm
Here’s a similar FAQ, from the website of the Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training:
[quote]2.Are all work permit applications applied to Council of Labor Affairs of Executive Yuan?
Date：2009/05/26
Yes, except for applications for
(1)Foreign ship crews to Ministry of Transportation and Communications,
(2)Within the Science-based Parks:Apply to the Park Authority directly.[/quote] evta.gov.tw/eng/topicsite/co … lue=search
And here’s a link to another similar FAQ from the National Immigration Agency’s website:
iff.immigration.gov.tw/ct.asp?xI … 09&mp=T002
This is from the website of the Council of Labor Affairs:
[quote]The CLA started the One-Stop Licensing services for Employment of Foreign Professionals with the approval of the Executive Yuan on 15 January 2004, and has been issuing work permits of foreign professionals in accordance with the provisions of Article 48 of the Employment services Act. Measures for Employment Permission & Supervision of Foreign Persons and Qualification & Criteria Standards for Foreigners Undertaking the Jobs Specified under Article 46.1.1 to Article 46.1.6 of the Employment services Act are prescribed as the references for examining and approving the applications for work permits of foreign professionals.[/quote] cla.gov.tw/cgi-bin/siteMaker … e=432f7d3f
This is a translation of the pertinent part of Article 48 of the Employment Services Act:
[quote]Prior to employing Foreign Worker to engage in work, Employer shall apply to the Central Competent Authority for Employment Permit with relevant documents submitted.[/quote] evta.gov.tw/eng/content/cont … 0&id=15577
Article 6 of that same Act states in pertinent part:
[quote]For the purposes of the present Act, [b]the term “Competent Authority(s)” means the Council of Labor Affairs of the Executive Yuan in the[/b] central [color=#000080]level[/color], the Municipal City Government(s) in the Municipal level, and the County/City Government(s) in the County/City level.[/quote] evta.gov.tw/eng/content/cont … 0&id=15577