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.
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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.
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