Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Taiwanese women tend to smoke and drink less than Taiwanese men (though this is
changing among the younger generation).
Work
To work legally in Taiwan you generally need to enter on a visitor visa, have your com-
pany apply for a work permit, apply for a resident visa after you receive your work permit,
and apply for an ARC after receiving your resident visa. You can apply for a visitor visa at
any overseas Taiwan trade office or foreign mission. Your company applies for your work
permit from the
Council of Labour Affairs
(
www.cla.gov.tw
). You can apply for a resident
visa through the
Bureau of Consular Affairs
(BOCA;
www.boca.gov.tw
)
. An ARC can be
applied for at any office of the
National Immigration Agency
(
www.immigration.gov.tw
)
.
For short-term employment rules see the BOCA website or visit your local Taiwan trade
office or overseas mission.
Job listings can be found at
104 Job Bank
(
www.104.com.tw
) and
TEALIT
(
www.tealit.com
)
.
Teaching English is not what it once was and there are fewer and fewer openings.
Salaries have not risen in 15 years. Jobs are listed on TEALIT,
Taiwanease
(
www.taiwanease.com
)
,
Dave's ESL Cafe
(
www.eslcafe.com
) and plenty of other web-
sites. If you have a teaching degree you can apply to work in a government-run school
