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Part-time work permit for foreign or overseas Chinese students

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Part-time work by students: foreign, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau students officially enrolled in a division, department or graduate institute, or in language courses of six months or more; this covers foreign students at public or registered private colleges/universities and overseas compatriot or ethnic Chinese students at public or registered private high schools or higher.

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  • https://ezworktaiwan.wda.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=826B2B8EDB213BC4
    Should a foreign, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macau student been officially enrolled in a school to take courses in a division, department or graduate institute thereof or to take language course(s) for six months or more, the said foreign student may apply for jobs.
  • https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=N0090001
    1.Foreign students enrolled in public or registered private colleges/universities. 2. Overseas compatriot student and other foreign students of Chinese origin enrolled in public or registered private high schools or higher educational institutions.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The Category L part-time work permit is applied for by the students themselves (overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese and foreign students), not by an employer; the school counselling unit must affix its seal to the application form.

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  • The manual does not say whether a job offer must exist when applying.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

Answer not available

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The job-category limits of Article 46 do not apply to these students, so they are not restricted to listed occupations; outside winter and summer vacation periods total working hours may not exceed 20 hours per week.

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  • Family accompaniment is not addressed in the sources read.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Answer not available

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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