Proposed "Global Elite" card - Gold Card on steroids?

Germany would have to recognize the NWOHR for the visa waiver. The reason why they don’t is because there is no right of abode = no citizenship.

You will be fine :slight_smile: Germany is unlikely to change anything just to satisfy someone in Taiwan. Taiwan would have to drop the TARC requirement or ask you to renounce once you get HHR. Both are highly unlikely considering other countries like Japan and Poland have similar situations.

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stag/englisch_stag.html#p0156

You can stay on the TARC as long as you like. :slight_smile: On that you don’t have to do military service and you can wait until 35/36 or you have 2 kids (2 kids would let you do 2 weeks instead of 4 months)

If you can do something… do it before the rules change is my suggestion. :slight_smile:

Warm during the day but cold at night… and no I won’t be sleeping with you up there. I will be bringing my wife.

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Not all citizens have the same rules either and these changes will likely seep more into that.

So the usual way is to hold an ARC/APRC and then naturalize when qualify.

But… if you hold an professional ARC/APRC then you can naturalize with the added benefit of family visas of upto 1 year due to Article 26 of the Foreign Talent Act:

Where a foreign professional, foreign specialist professional or foreign senior professional has acquired nationality of the State by naturalization, the work permits of their children having reached the age of majority or above, permanent residency for their spouse, minor children, or children having reached the age of majority or above who lack self-care ability due to physical or mental disability, and visitor visas of their lineal ascendants for the purpose of visiting relatives, are subject, mutatis mutandis, to Articles 15 to 19.
Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals - Article Search/Content Search Result - Laws & Regulations Database of The Republic of China (Taiwan)

With the additional proposed change I’d imagine another article where a “Global Elite” has acquired nationality of the State by naturalization they can maintain the unlimited family visas.

I think people will likely consider this before they naturalize and there is already people that have naturalized that would benefit from either the 1 year family visa or unlimited family visa (if approved), so hopefully that is taken into considering to provide a pathway for someone to change status as a citizen… that sounds abit silly but that is where things are at the moment.
The best thing to do would allow all naturalized citizens the unlimited family visa benefit if it is approved.

Except 6M NTD/200k USD isn’t going to get you global elite.

Before moving to Taiwan, I managed software engineers fresh out of school that made that after working at the company for 1 year.

And they were by far “global elite”…

There must be a better way to get high performing individually to be attracted to come here.

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Can u pls share the rule for this? Have tried a few times to look for exemptions on the draft

Taipei a haven for super rich|Taiwan News

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https://docms.gov.taipei/News_Content.aspx?n=3E256D29704D8C68&sms=658ECC19F2127F5C&s=9CB3EFD040183280

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Thanks mate

No. Not all APRC’s are created equal.
Based on what kind of ARC one came from, there are many different rules and regulations for APRC holders. This is quite confusing indeed.

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You what now? What country is this? USA? Whereever it is, I’ll be on the next inflatable dinghy over there.

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I think they call analysts analysts because they’re all talking out of their arse.

The super-rich people in Taipei didn’t make their money in tech or AI - you might get a little bit rich in those sectors, but not disgustingly rich. The real high rollers made their money via real estate, finance, or corruption (typically all three), same as anywhere else.

A (Taiwanese) friend of mine has a small business and a modest portfolio of property; he’s definitely a multi-millionaire, on paper at least, although I’ve never asked how many multis. He just happened to have been born at the right time, worked hard, and invested in a savvy manner. He knows nothing about tech. Someone with access to capital could have easily done what he did many times over.

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Right, Silicon Valley. Companies like Meta, Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, Amazon etc. Fresh grad offers when I left (2021) was ~$150k / year, so after the first year perf review ~$200k.

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This is a very good point.

The salary threshhold will be cutting out the people we actually do need, either from India, SE Asia, etc in favour of US folks who could get here anyways easily on a Gold Card.

The more I think about it, the more this looks like a pointless diversion as @Mataiou and others have observed.

Guy

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ahh, right. Expensive area to live, I guess. And super boring work (IMHO).

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A bill to amend the foreign professional act would give long-term residence disability and long-term care benefits passed the crucial commitee reading in June. An ultra-conservative KMT legislator held up the bill on another unrelated provision. Worth noting that this amendment was proposed by DPP caucus (Wang Ting-yu in particular).

Let’s not worry about this new global elite card. Focus on getting Taiwanese family, friends, and colleagues to sign the dual nationality petition. Far more important than this.

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They might end up with a cohort of drug dealers and money launderers, on those salary requirements.

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Or with people who can use Photoshop convincingly :whistle:

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My friend’s kid did that at Apple.

Is this the “ulra-conversative” member holding things up?

Guy

Great, the shotgun approach that the government is using.
Wake me up when those that succeed at this new visa can field a soccer game with replacements.