[quote=“llary”]I’m curious about what is printed on your ARC - investor or work? Were you setting up a rep. office for a company that is 100% your own? I know some people who set up differently from me but they were not strictly working for themselves and ended up with regular work permits and work based ARCs. There is not much information readily available on the rep. office format and it would be very useful if you could add your own experiences to the thread in Business & Money.
I kept a letter from MOFA explicitly stating that I must provide MOEA with at least one contract with a Taiwanese company before they would authorise my resident visa. If you set up a rep. office for your own company and have an investor ARC without this contract then this an important development that others should know about.
I stand by my advice of going in smart and well prepared 
I tried to be as smart and polite as possible and ended up with a 3 year ARC and some very useful friends.[/quote]
Investor structure doesn’t work for the OP. We are in the same industry. We get paid by overseas clients for our work in Taiwan - essentially no local contracts. (We are Taipei-based consultants for overseas clients.) Thus, your guidance along that line only serves to confuse.
But it can be done. I’m a partner in an LLP, employed by a sub company. Thus, a 3-year work ARC.
I was barely business casual & got all the help I needed, and more, from MOEA, CLA, MOFA. They follow the rulebooks, not likeability - though speaking Chinese goes a real long way. My experience was shared here:
[forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.ph … hlight=rep](Permit/ARC for sole rep