OP: You need to tell us whether you are now attending or have graduated from a Taiwanese university. Also, what is your nationality?
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I’m saying there is an easy path if the op is worried. It’s way now, visa is no longer the worry and they can just focus on money. Opening a company is easy, o ly need an accountant for 1 document to open it then it’s easy to do yourself. As I me tioned from the get go, "When in doubt, open a company and live stress free doing your own accounting. "
One is no longer held hostage at the employers whim anymore, it’s easy to setup and make one’s own way now. All that to say, there are options now and the learning curve isn’t that great. Only change will be labor insurance will cost more than many peoples (especially students) nhi. But it’s a small amount.
Otherwise, many people run their own businesses here because they can write the receipts for products/services sold. All day. Makes loads etc easier. In this case, it’s rasy to match the visa requirements for 3 years.
He will figure it out 
That’s not stress free lol.
Are you asking a student who probably spent a couple of years in Taiwan and doesn’t have great Chinese to do their own company accounting I think you are making this sound far simpler and cheaper than it is. Yes I know that folks may falsify receipts sell stuff to their friends to make the revenue blah blah I still think it isn’t actually that straightforward or cheap compared to getting a 2 yr open work permit for grads as mentioned !
I ran a company before it needs a business location (plate but still just be paid for monthly )and some accounting and tax offices call you in some jurisdictions
Relative to the norm not that long ago. Easy. It used to eb real stress as in need to leave the country. Not anymore, its a great evolution in taiwan. Some time, sure. Far less time than it took to get a degree haha.
It’s about options. He/she has good ones if he can’t find work that pays enough for the work visa. That’s really the only point i am making. So he doesnt need to feel overly stressed as this route is garuanteed and not very complicated. Plus lots of people here that can help walk through the process if it turns out that’s the route to being able to stay here.
You need an address, sure. It can be a room in your house now. Again, it’s way easier now 
That was alway possible, the problem is it can have tax implications for the landlord. Can’t remember what they were, but there were some implications. And you need the permission of a landlord (property owner) to do this.
Yup, correct. Easy with legal rentals. An issue with illegal rentals (ie. The landlord had never paid taxes on their house and aren’t interested in ever doing so, this becomes a massive problem in purchasing real estate). That’s a different issue though. Taiwan even has cheap digital addresses now to get around this issue. Or actual addresses for cheap. Like dorm rooms for businesses. All very easy. If the need comes up, anyone can open a thread here and have it explained. Albiet time spent, as with university, work and anything in life, it isn’t actually that troublesome anymore. And offers nearly anyone a way to stay.
Love all the replies here (including the “suggestion”)
And yea, I found out through my Taiwanese and Overseas friends that they have 3 systems now (Wow, Amazing)
One is the 70 points
One is the 2 year work experience (turns out it IS for those who graduate from other countries)
And one is for the "Awardee / Special Certification) of which, one of them is 手語 (sign language).
The last one is pretty interesting though, it’s new and if you have all the qualifications for it, you can get APRC pretty fast. They also accept aesthetician, engineering, architecture, etc. certification.
I feel like Taiwan loves certification so much though. And to that one person who’s suggesting us to just open a company. I’m finding job for work Visa, on the sides I’m doing 2 other freelances. Also, companies who wants to open legally and recieve the Gold Card has to have big capital and again, certifications (preferably SDGAs). And a one million dollar of investment in Taiwan (if I’m not wrong)
There is an exemption for this if you graduate from a top 500 university which the MOE has published here:
Also there is a draft amendment to change that to a top 1000 university.
Lots of good roads to peruse many options now.
But a clarification on opening a company. I wasn’t suggesting it to get a gold card, moreso to get an arc, open work rights and a solid path to aprc. It’s a very reliable and straightforward plan B, should ither paths not work out That is to say, if things don’t work out as planned, there are now very simple ways to stay and grow
You mean $1 per $4000 of capital; minimum $1000 (NT) fee (plus other startup fees of a few hundred here, a couple thousand there)? That’s how the above site reads to me, at least.
In addition, I’m not able to find a direct gov source, but this secondary source (How to Get a Work Visa in Taiwan: An Employer’s Guide | NES Fircroft) says the company needs ‘at least $100,000 NT or equivalent’. I also believe I recall – though I admit I’m not sure and can’t cite atm – that companies need to show x million revenue (figure depends on years active) before being allowed to sponsor visas and permits.
If you have counter information, please provide, as it seems this was easy to understand for you, but is not quite so easy for me – even in spite of the clear effort shown above.
Apologies. Can you write the entire message I wrote, then i can reply with a more directed response. its always best to quote the entire thing the person said, for context helps the flow, and memory. This isn’t the hill indie on, so it’s good to refresh read the issue without needing to search or scroll. Top left button is the quote button. Make it in italics, bold or double bold for the precise sentence you have exception with I guess. Otherwise just quote and reply and most of us adults can get the whole meaning of the potential issues
It is (perhaps was?) well known opening a company only requires $1 nt minimum for capital investment. Obviosuly there will be other costs and issues. But the capital requirement now is different than before and opens up small businesses to become a LTD company, a really good evolution in Taiwan as it can allow people somewhere in the middle (actually, even from the begininng) to do larger scales. Specifically: import and export. Or garner factory permits etc. I view this as an excellent evolution. Not because it’s great as is, but relative to what it was, this is the proper direction.
If the issue is it’s too slow or Taiwan should democratize faster. I fully agree. But I also have thoughts on why it was and why it isn’t fast enough. Today. Namely, geopolitics and a very cool idea of democracy that taiwan actively practices.