Visa/Border Run 101

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@rooftopclown

In general if you intend to do work in Taiwan, you need a work permit. That applies even if your customers are overseas. You also need to pay Taiwanese income taxes.

I would like to know more about that. Have you seen other threads about working for foreign companies which seem to say something different? For example:

Freelancing in Taiwan

Unofficial translation: 1. According to the provisions of Art. 43 of the Employment Service Act (hereinafter the Act): “Except as otherwise provided for in thist Act, a foreigner for whom a work permit has not been applied for by the employer shall not work within the borders of the ROC.”, and furthermore, the Council of Labor Affairs (now changed to the Ministry of Labor) in 2006-02-03 Lao Zhi Wai Zi letter #0950502128 states in part that what Art. 43 of the Act calls “work” is definitely not…

With the key point being:

… if the only aspect of the work is your physical presence in Taiwan, whereas the website/person/company you work for is overseas and is not receiving your work through any kind of local representative office etc., then you don’t need a work permit.

@tando @eCanada What do you think about that? Do all those digital nomads perhaps unknowingly violate the law?