Hi everyone,
I wonder if anyone has experience with this and could help me.
I had a start-up visa and ran a company in Taiwan between 2020 and 2022. I closed the company and left the country in August 2022. However, the company still had about 10 months of unpaid National Health Insurance premiums (it wasn’t doing well financially at the time).
After that, I kept receiving letters, with the most recent one being in December, showing a total amount still due of around NT 23,000, plus a 210 NT late payment fee. This includes months when my company had already been dissolved.
I emailed them to inform them that my company had been dissolved, and they told me that my National Health Insurance had now been canceled.
After that, I stopped receiving letters.
In July 2024, I visited Taiwan for a few days, and when I checked my personal bank account, about NT 1,000 that had been there was seized, with the transaction mentioning “依法扣押,” which should translate as “legally seized.”
My question is: Am I now able to come to Taiwan and pay the amount due without facing any legal consequences?
I’m not sure how serious this kind of issue is. I was able to enter and exit the country without problems in July 2024. I’m wondering if the time that has passed since then might have worsened the situation from a legal standpoint.
Thanks for your help!
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Edit: the most recent letter from NHI was December 2022
It might be best to ring up NHI and ask about your case, after a period of time they refer unpaid bills to the court for compulsory enforcement. The court would have issued the order to seize assets, but if the full amount still isn’t paid I’m not sure how the court would follow it up. NHI might have some info on their system and you could try to pay from overseas.
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Thanks so much for your reply.
I’ll call them on Monday and maybe write them an email too.
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