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    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

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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: 
1. Professional license or certificate: passed the agricultural technical qualification intermediate level examination, the planning should include: (1) rudimentary level capacity in fruit tree plantation management. (2) Rudimentary level capacity in facility agriculture work management. (3) Rudimentary level capacity in tea plantation management. (4) Rudimentary level capacity in sugar apple plantation management.(5) Rudimentary level capacity in rice plantation management. 
2. Training programs: Experimental and improvement farms under the Council of Agriculture, or professional technical training programs organized by schools of higher education and industry association delegated by the Council of Agriculture for more than 80 hours of training in accumulation. 
3. 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 the certification documents and video showing the performance of work) and petition with the Council of Agriculture in conformity to requirements and review mechanisms recognized by the Council of Agriculture. 

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 ：

Quota for agricultural employers (limited to orchid, mushroom and vegetable) and shall meet the following requirements: 
1. Approved ratio of 35%*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. 

Employers in extensive farming should also meet the following requirements: 
1. The number of persons approved by the central competent authority administering the function *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 ：

Agricultural (limited to orchid, mushroom and vegetable) employers engaged in the plantation of orchid, edible mushroom, vegetable and crops related work. 
Employers in extensive farming is classified as cooperatives or non-profit organizations of the farmers association, fisherman association, and agricultural, forestry, fishery and live stock farming, and present the extensive farming service plan to the central competent authority administering the function for approval.

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