The Taiwan “Digital Nomad Visa” has been discussed on a few threads. I will move all related discussion here, so we have a dedicated place where interested people can look up info.

https://www.taiwanplus.com/news/taiwan-news/public-policy/240920008/new-programs-to-attract-global-talent-in-the-works This 30 second Taiwan Plus report also mentions a digital nomad visa. 3 months plus another 3 months opens to door to Gold Card in that proposal

[image] Proposed "Global Elite" card - Gold Card on steroids? [image] ponlaihop: 3 months plus another 3 months opens to door to Gold Card in that proposal It just means the visa won’t have the annotation of non-transferrable, so can switch to an Employment ARC, Gold Card or Entrepreneur V…

[image] foc: The digital nomad visa seems like a good idea. People are already allowed to work online using the visa waiver scheme. As long as your boss, manager and company are all based outside of Taiwan you can work online in Taiwan. This has been confirmed by the labor department multiple…

Different topic but same ball park - anyone know what’s happened with the digital nomad visa Taiwan was “mulling”? Not heard anything about it recently.

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Liu Jingqing said that starting from 2025, a “digital nomad visa” with a lower threshold than the employment gold card will be issued, providing a stay period of up to six months, which will strengthen the ability to attract digital nomad talents; this time, Tainan City was chosen as the city. In…

The linked news talk about a digital nomad visa of 6 month. It’s not the Elite Card, right?

That’s right. It’s about the digital nomad visa. Not the Elite card.

Some more reported details of digital nomad visa (not Global Elite Card). Visa issuance starts Jan. 1 2024 Digital nomads: Foreign nationals with professional skills and capable of conducting remote work via digital means. During their stay in Taiwan, they are not permitted to be employed by l…

The Taiwan "Digital Nomad Visa" thread

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ponlaihop January 7, 2025, 10:56am 2

Well done!

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