Hi folks, I’ve applied for and am currently waiting for my APRC and wanted to know if anyone had any up to date info about the next steps I’d need to take to secure an open work permit once my APRC comes through (fingers crossed)

Go to the Workforce Development Agency to apply for one. It is essentially a formality at this point. I paid $100.

Yea, just paperwork and ~$100 once have APRC. What kind of jobs will you be looking for? Located here [image] Workforce Development Agency · 10F, No. 39號, Section 1, Zhonghua Rd,... ★★☆☆☆ · Government office

I thought there was recently a (red?) text added to the aprc card itself indicating the work permit status?

[image] Open-Work Permit Application Procedures - Step by step Legal - Work Update: I got a call from immigration in Tainan. They will reissue me another APRC card. Everyone who has an APRC card, regardless of marriage, can have the red open work permit notation on their …

I received my brand-spanking new APRC today (with a newly assigned Taiwan ID number which I had delayed receiving as long as possible). My situation in brief: my residence status was not obtained through marriage and was instead obtained by being designated a senior professional (Plum Blossom APRC …

Congrats on your new APRC. And as you mentioned you have a nice new ID number with it. Back when I got my APRC the red text did not exist. So to avoid any issues I just got the work permit. I did not really had to as my previous ARC was through marriage. To this day I never needed to show it to an…

[image] slawa: Congrats on your new APRC. I think the word you wanted here was “Condolences”! :grin: Guy

So plum blossom card holders can naturalize without having to renounce I believe. An American lass said she did so a couple of months ago

Freelance translation gigs, probably do a bit of teaching/tutoring, honestly not given it a great deal of thought at this stage.

[image] anon24369109: So plum blossom card holders can naturalize without having to renounce I believe. Many got their plum blossom cards through “research” but they don’t seem to be able to do much “research” on this lol.

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afterspivak November 20, 2024, 1:00am 19

This is something new to me—I had not heard of it.

Are you referring here to the proposed “Global Elite” card, as discussed in this thread?

Guy