Has anyone heard of an APRC application being delayed or rejected due to a “quota”?
I submitted all of the forms a week ago in Banciao, was told by Mr. Jhen (the only person in the office who handles APRC applications) that everything is complete and that it would take about a month for the application to be processed for approval or rejection.
Today when my company’s HR manager called Mr. Jhen to confirm how long the application processing would take, she was told that there is a quota on APRCs. As a result, I must wait 3 months, and there is a chance that my application could be rejected simply due to the quota.
Has anyone heard of such a quota? According to Mr. Jhen, it has been in effect for years, but he never mentioned it during any of my 3 meetings with him to complete my paperwork.
I wouldn’t be surprised. The whole “permanent” residency thing was invented just so a few Taiwanese politicians could congratulate themselves on how modern and cosmopolitan they were. It’s all forgotten about now and I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being abolished altogether.
Very interesting. Off the top of my head, I believe the law does allow a quota to be imposed. The way this would usually work would be that the governing authority would set that quota. This figure should be public, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t. I’ll try to do some research tomorrow.
[quote=“Typhun”]Has anyone heard of an APRC application being delayed or rejected due to a “quota”?
I submitted all of the forms a week ago in Banqiao, was told by Mr. Jhen (the only person in the office who handles APRC applications) that everything is complete and that it would take about a month for the application to be processed for approval or rejection.
Today when my company’s HR manager called Mr. Jhen to confirm how long the application processing would take, she was told that there is a quota on APRCs. As a result, I must wait 3 months, and there is a chance that my application could be rejected simply due to the quota.
Has anyone heard of such a quota? According to Mr. Jhen, it has been in effect for years, but he never mentioned it during any of my 3 meetings with him to complete my paperwork.[/quote]
There was (maybe still is) a quota on the number of foreigners in the country on visitor visas. IIRC the number was about 300,000 and when that number would be reached the cops would soon start scurrying around looking for an excuse to deport some. Who and why was completely random of course.
A cap on the APRC number wouldn’t surprise me at all. My only question is why the hell anyone would bother with these things. There’s not much permanent about a permit that can be revoked on a whim…
