Going through this site, I stumbled upon this quote:
[quote]
Prior to employing foreign worker to engage in work, employer shall apply to the central competent authority for employment permit with relevant documents submitted. However, the following foreigners are exempted：
- A foreign worker to be employed as consultant or researcher by the respective government or their subordinate academic research institutes.
- A foreign worker has married a national of the Republic of China with a registered permanent residence in the Republic of China and has been permitted to stay therein.
3. A foreigner employed at a public or registered private college/university within six months in the field of a course of lectures or an academic research approved by the Ministry of Education.[/quote]
Taken from: http://laws.cla.gov.tw/Eng/FLAW/FLAWDOC01.asp?lsid=FL015128&lno=48
This final sentence seems to say that if you are being paid for either:
- Research
- Teaching
for a period of less than 6 months (I am guessing what that “within six months” means) then you do not need a work permit.
This seems a bit odd and is news to me, or am I just misinterpreting it? I guess it makes sense for Universities to be able to hire visiting faculty on a short term basis (as the work permit hoops may discourage some scholars who would feel it isn’t worth it).
Anyone heard of this?