I was asked by my company to provide proof of two years of job experience for my work permit along with all the other documents as the position is not English Teaching. However, the application was denied. I’m not positive as to the exact nature of the rejection, though my company believes it is because my 4 years (they asked for 2) of work experience were not post-University graduation.
This is a slight problem as I graduated in 2006 and haven’t been able to find the time to squeeze 2 years of experience into the 3 months prior to arriving in Taiwan. I have not come across this “post-graduation” technicality before and thus did not expect it.
If this indeed appears to be the case, what is the best method for appending my application to improve my chances of acceptance in the future? I’m not especially interested in teaching English or going back to the USA as alternatives. Is there any way to state my case or append my application? Anyone else come across this kind of issue in applying for a work permit and successfully work things out?
Well, as I don’t have a university degree I had to prove 7 years of work experience, which I luckily have. It seems like the rules vary depending on what you’re looking at doing.
Getting my last piece of paperwork in this week and then we’ll see what they say, but the company doesn’t think there’ll be any problems.
Got an MA and only had to proof one year, which I did. Unless you fake some documents, I am not quite sure that you could do anything. They do know you now…
On the other hand I ofter hear that changing application officers helps, one rejects, the next one accepts. Who knows, just try again.
Yes, it is indeed the case that your related work experience must come after your degree. The idea is that you couldn’t have used your degree’s knowledge prior to earning the degree, so any experience prior to earning the degree can’t possibly be considered ‘related’.
You need 2 years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 1 year with a Master’s, and with a PhD you don’t need any! I didn’t know there was a 7 year requirement for those without degrees, but that’s nice to know.
Since the degree was earned this year, I’m not sure how ‘faking some documents’ would be workable.
It’s actually 5 years without a degree (Article 5.4) and no experience with a Master’s (5.2).
The employer is likely just trying to create a safety margin. We all know what it’s like trying to get a work permit here … so, why give exactly 5 years of documents and risk getting rejected, when you can give 7 the first time (?).
Well, they are kind of sticky with the years of experience. Even for me (my position is Manager) I had to present a full statement from my company explaining why they would hire (they didn’t, I was just reasigned) me. Of course, after battling with them, they gave me the work permit. But they did ask me to present a document from the Manager of the company (me) asking why I was going to work here. By the way, I have about 10 years experience, and this is the 4th year I’m in this company.
You can either fake a diploma, get married and get work rights that way, teach English, work illegally, or try another country. That’s all that I can think of. Sorry.
We had another guy in our company in the same situation, and we couldn’t hire him. It was a real shame, too.