representative office VS branch office

Business Entrepreneurship
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Hi all,
i am completely confused and not so sure about the best choice.
moreover, iam working with a company for 3.5 years and hope that one of the situation above will help me complete the 5 years to be eligible for the APRC.

Company is based in HK.
with my fiancee, we wish to have an office in Taipei/new Taipei.
i have been doing both job for 1.5 years and it is totally exhausting- would prefer to focus in our company ONLY and give it a real go.
we do import export between China and rest of the world-
no business with taiwan.

Can anyone help me understand the difference between the rep office and branch one.

cheers

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Did you check the site of DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, MOEA
COMMERCE INDUSTRIAL SERVICES PORTAL?

Handling of company establishment and application for change operation flow
https://gcis.nat.gov.tw/mainNew/English/subclassEnAction.do?method=getFile&pk=150

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Not yet…
Read a lot

Will check it
Cheers

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BRO,
you are a star.
cheers.
excellent link

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Can somebody sum up what the difference is?

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How about this page?

Approval for Recognition of a Foreign Company (Branch Office in Taiwan), a Representative Office
http://gcis.nat.gov.tw/mainNew/English/subclassEnAction.do?method=getFile&pk=125

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so if all you really need is an ARC and a work permit, an RO will do