Skip to main section.
:::
  1. Home
  2. Current page：

    Information page on the Retention of Foreign Intermediate Skilled Workforce Program

Information page on the Retention of Foreign Intermediate Skilled Workforce Program

Introduction to the Long-term Retention of Skilled Foreign Workers Program


In order to supplement the industry workforce on April 30, 2022, the Ministry of Labor officially implemented the “Long-term Retention of Skilled Foreign Workers Program.” This applies to industries that already hire foreign workers, including manufacturing industry, slaughterhouse industry, construction industry, the agriculture and long-term care sector, allowing the retention of workers who have worked in Taiwan for 6 years or more, or overseas Chinese and foreign students who have obtained an associate degree or higher from an educational institution in Taiwan, who meet salary condition eligibility and the required skill level, with employers applying for them to be re-designated intermediate skilled foreign workers. There is no limit to the number of years an intermediate skilled foreign workers can work in Taiwan, they receive a higher salary, have a more advanced skill level and are not required to pay an employment security fee. After working for a further five years, such individuals can also apply for permanent residency.


Intermediate skilled foreign workers continue to receive labor and health insurance protections and if in the future industry category intermediate skilled foreign workers to whom the provisions of the Labor Standards Act apply retire in Taiwan the old labor pension system applies. After an employer applies for a foreign worker to be re-designated an intermediate skilled worker, permission will be given to retain the needed number of personnel with the requisite skill level. In addition, the employer is also permitted to apply to recruit the same number of new foreign workers as the number of original foreign workers re-designated intermediate skilled foreign workers. As such, the increase in the number of foreign workers hired by an employer also helps to alleviate employment needs.


Press release： https://www.wda.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=7F220D7E656BE749&sms=E9F640ECE968A7E1&s=B55C7B2F38FFE80D

~
~

Detail ：

The regular monthly salary is higher than NT$33,000, or the total annual salary is more than NT$500,000. Regular monthly salary is higher than NT$30,000 for the initial employment of foreign students, overseas Chinese students or other ethnic Chinese students who graduated from schools of higher education and earned the associate bachelor degrees in Taiwan, and the salary level resumed to NT$33,000 for renewed employment.

  • Release date ：2022/06/15
  • Update date ：2022/06/15

Detail ：

Satisfy any of the following requirements: 
I. Holder of any of the following certificates or licenses: 

1. Professional license of construction site foreman, 
2. Certificate of completion of public work construction quality management training, 
3. Certificate of completion of occupational safety manager or Certificate of completion of occupational safety and health management staff, 
4. National technician skill verification (construction related technician certificate): (1) general manual electric welding; (2) semi-automatic electric welding; (3) gas tungsten arc welding; (4) survey and measurement; (5) construction and decoration; (6) steel bar; (7) form board; (8) concrete cement; (9) gardening and landscaping; (10) horticulture; (11) construction waterproof; (12) plaster work; (13) furniture and wood work; (14) door and window wood work; (15) architectural engineering management; (16) building interior design; (17) building interior decoration engineering management; (18) renovation wood work; (19) construction engineering management; (20) earth anchor; (21) steel scaffold; (22) metallic partition wall; (23) construction drawing application (24) fixed crane operation; (25) mobile crane operation; (26) heavy machinery operation; (27) sewage work and maintenance; (28) fork lift truck operation; (29) occupational safety management; (30) occupational health management; (31) occupational safety and health management. 
II. Those who have received any of the following training programs: 

1. Professional training programs organized by the construction enterprise for more than 80 hours, and has been verified by the construction industry association, 
2. Construction related training programs organized by government institutions (agencies) for more than 80 hours in accumulation with the issuance of certificate of completion: 
(1) The “Construction Site Supervisor Vocational Training Program” organized by the Construction and Planning Administration, Ministry of Interior. 
(2) The “Public Work Construction Quality Management Training Program” organized by Executive Yuan Public Work Commission. 
(3) The “Occupational Safety Manager Training Program”, and “Occupational Safety and Health Management Staff Training Program” organized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the Ministry of Labor. 
III. Confirmation of practical work: The employers shall present the document for proof of conforming to the requirement of mid-level technical skill of the migrant workers (including certification document and video showing the performance of work) and petition with the Construction and Planning Administration of the Ministry of Interior in conformity to the requirements and review mechanisms recognized by the Construction and Planning Administration of the Ministry of Interior.

Foreigners who earned regular salary of more than NT$35,000 are free from the technical skill requirements.

  • Release date ：2022/06/15
  • Update date ：2022/06/15

Detail ：

1. Foreign students, overseas Chinese students, or other ethnic Chinese students who have graduated from the schools of higher education in Taiwan and earned the associate bachelor degrees, and meet the salary requirement and technical requirement of mid-level human resources. 
2. Those who have been employed in Taiwan for 6 consecutive years with no record of law violation, and meet the salary requirement and technical requirement of mid-level human resources. 
3. Migrant workers who have been working for more than 6 years cumulatively and departed, and then return to Taiwan for employment whose years of seniority meet the requirement of the duration of employment pursuant to Article 52 of the Employment and Service Act (14 years for home nursing care personnel, and 12 years for all other industries), and who meet the salary requirement and technical requirement of mid-level human resources. 
4. Migrant workers who have been working in Taiwan for more than 12 years cumulatively and have no record of law violation and then departed, but meet the salary requirement and technical requirement of mid-level human resources.

  • Release date ：2022/06/15
  • Update date ：2022/06/15

Detail ：

The following conditions shall be satisfied simultaneously: 
1. Conforming to the approved ratio of the human resources requirement mode under the Engineering Budget Act (20% to 40%, or at the ratio specifically approved by the Executive Yuan) *0.25 
2. The total number of migrant workers, foreign mid-level technical personnel, and foreigners engaged in professional duties shall not exceed 50% of the total employee population.

  • Release date ：2022/06/15
  • Update date ：2022/06/15

Detail ：

Employers shall meet any of the following requirements: 
1. The employers accepted the contract of public work construction and is an awarded contractor bound by contracts with the government institution (agency), administrative legal persons or public work institutions that offered the contract for work, with contract sum exceeding NT$100 million and the work period is longer than 1 year and 6 months. 
2. The employer has entered into work contract with private institution for the construction of major economic construction project, and the total amount of individual construction contracts amounted to NT$200 million or higher, and the work period under the contracts is longer than 1 year and 6 months.

  • Release date ：2022/06/15
  • Update date ：2022/06/15