Those with Marriage ARC for sometime: Why have you not applied APRC?

Legal Visa & Residency
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Ah, there is an exception.
Thanks for the hint!

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Sorry, they say exemption not exception, it has a bit different meaning.

Exemption: A release from an obligation for particular reasons.
Exception: A case where a rule doesn’t apply or is altered for a specific group or situation.

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Gotta say, I really dislike this. It seems like the APRC is only P as long as you don’t leave Taiwan. In that sense it’s not really permanent in any sense of the word.

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yes its just a resident permit. they can cancel it anytime they want.

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The only permanent benefit is that one doesn’t have to renew it as long as one has it.
*Still need to update it on passport number or address change

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This is not true. There is no requirement to have employment to open a bank account.

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The woman at the desk asked me why I didn’t get one last time. I said “I pay NT$1000 a year. The APRC costs me $10,000 for 10 years. I may not be around long enough to get full value.”

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is it because of your age?
or are you suffering from something?

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Good point. If you aren’t sure whether you will stay in Taiwan for the next ten years, it might be safer to just keep applying for a normal ARC. (Of course, a couple thousand NTD over ten years is pretty small potatoes…)

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true, best to be always a dependent on other person and piggy back on everything. Sound logic.

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I thought the APRC 10K was the cost forever?

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Naturalising is even cheaper if that’s the logic :blush:

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it is. change of passport details or address is free AFAIK

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Alas, age.

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Yea, but if I die before my ten years are up, I lose. Which, I suppose, is the wrong way to look at it.

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someone can drop dead on the counter when giving the 1k. What’s this nonsense?

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What absolute nonsense. Unless you’re in your late 70s (in that case you should be a citizen to access social benefits) it makes absolutely no sense.

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In which case my heirs win.
I am 70. Average life-span for 70-year-olds is 15 years in Canada (I’m Canadian, with all that implies for my early life, minus some wild behaviour in my teens and twenties), 16 years in Taiwan, so, yes I should get an APRC- statistics say I’d save $5,000 bucks over my remaining lifespan.
It was basically a joke, because I don’t like dealing with bureaucracy, and going in every three years and filling out a form- statistically five more tines in my life- seems less hassle than filing for an APRC.
People complaining should take a chill pill if you want to live long enough to get value on your APRC.

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Is this covered by NHI? :thinking:

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How is it less hassle?

All I had to do was go in and fill in a form for my APRC… same as when I renewed my ARC. Only difference is I paid 10,000ntd

Also one other benefit is no need to update my arc date of expiry at banks…

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