# Where to get an Open Work Permit after you get your APRC?

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**Category:** Legal - Work\
**Created:** [September 3, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/where-to-get-an-open-work-permit-after-you-get-your-aprc/163376 "2017-09-03T09:32:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/where-to-get-an-open-work-permit-after-you-get-your-aprc/163376/9 "2017-09-03T15:38:32Z")

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> [@JB\_IN\_TW](#):
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> Isn’t a JFRV/APRC already an “open work permit”?

Apparently, marriage + ARC is the magic formula, _even if the ARC is not marriage-based_, whereas an APRC without marriage is in a slightly different category.

> [@What exactly is a JFRV?](http://tw.forumosa.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-jfrv/161494):
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> What is the correct term for the visa you have when you hold a marriage-based ARC?

This means Mr. Duke should still have permission to work even before he obtains the OWP, because he’s still married and still has an ARC (with a P added). Still, obtaining the OWP will make things smoother.

(This is not legal advice, so note the word “apparently”.)

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