The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) has proposed amendments to allow foreign nationals to extend their stay in Taiwan after they graduate or if they have to take care of family members.
The planned amendments to the Regulations Governing Visiting, Residence and Permanent Residence of Aliens (外國人停留居留及永久居留辦法) were proposed to protect the rights and interests of foreigners, the ministry said yesterday.
The amendments would allow a foreign national to extend their stay in Taiwan if they have to take care of a family member who has residency in Taiwan and has been hospitalized with a serious illness or injury.
Photo: Huang Hsin-po, Taipei Times
Those who wish to apply for an extension must submit the required documents within three months of the expiration of their stay, the amendments say.
Foreigners who are older than 18 can extend their stay if either parent is a Taiwanese national, or is permitted to reside in Taiwan, they say.
The proposed rule change would also apply if either parent is a resident of Hong Kong or Macau who has been granted residency in Taiwan.
The amendments were proposed because some foreigners’ parents have been naturalized, yet they do not have Alien Resident Certificates or Alien Permanent Resident Certificates, the ministry said.
To encourage foreign talent to work in Taiwan, those who study in Taiwan can extend their residency for a year after graduation and another year if needed, the amendments say.
The proposal would remove the one-year cap on the validity of resident certificates issued to foreigners who study at a registered school. Those covered would include people who study at a Chinese-language institute affiliated with a university, those who come to Taiwan to study Chinese at a short-term tutoring center, foreign missionaries and those applying for residency for the first time based on marriage to a Taiwanese national.
Those who were born in China would have to provide documents proving that they do not have household registration in China or hold a Chinese passport when applying for residency.
Taiwan is projected to lose a working-age population of about 6.67 million people in two waves of retirement in the coming years, as the nation confronts accelerating demographic decline and a shortage of younger workers to take their place, the Ministry of the Interior said. Taiwan experienced its largest baby boom between 1958 and 1966, when the population grew by 3.78 million, followed by a second surge of 2.89 million between 1976 and 1982, ministry data showed. In 2023, the first of those baby boom generations — those born in the late 1950s and early 1960s — began to enter retirement, triggering
One of two tropical depressions that formed off Taiwan yesterday morning could turn into a moderate typhoon by the weekend, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said yesterday. Tropical Depression No. 21 formed at 8am about 1,850km off the southeast coast, CWA forecaster Lee Meng-hsuan (李孟軒) said. The weather system is expected to move northwest as it builds momentum, possibly intensifying this weekend into a typhoon, which would be called Mitag, Lee said. The radius of the storm is expected to reach almost 200km, she said. It is forecast to approach the southeast of Taiwan on Monday next week and pass through the Bashi Channel
NO CHANGE: The TRA makes clear that the US does not consider the status of Taiwan to have been determined by WWII-era documents, a former AIT deputy director said The American Institute in Taiwan’s (AIT) comments that World War-II era documents do not determine Taiwan’s political status accurately conveyed the US’ stance, the US Department of State said. An AIT spokesperson on Saturday said that a Chinese official mischaracterized World War II-era documents as stating that Taiwan was ceded to the China. The remarks from the US’ de facto embassy in Taiwan drew criticism from the Ma Ying-jeou Foundation, whose director said the comments put Taiwan in danger. The Chinese-language United Daily News yesterday reported that a US State Department spokesperson confirmed the AIT’s position. They added that the US would continue to
The number of Chinese spouses applying for dependent residency as well as long-term residency in Taiwan has decreased, the Mainland Affairs Council said yesterday, adding that the reduction of Chinese spouses staying or living in Taiwan is only one facet reflecting the general decrease in the number of people willing to get married in Taiwan. The number of Chinese spouses applying for dependent residency last year was 7,123, down by 2,931, or 29.15 percent, from the previous year. The same census showed that the number of Chinese spouses applying for long-term residency and receiving approval last year stood at 2,973, down 1,520,
RSS