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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 ：

Total monthly salary shall be more than NT$24,000 

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

Detail ：

Passed the Chinese language proficiency test of Taiwan and completed the following supplementary training programs: 
1. Passed the Chinese language proficiency test of Taiwan: Passed the colloquial Chinese in the Chinese Language Proficiency Test held by the Ministry of Education at the “rudimentary level” or higher, or validation of the proficiency of the South Fujian Dialect (colloquial and listening comprehension) at the “rudimentary level” and higher with the issuance of the certificate of language proficiency. 
2. Participation in the offline supplementary training programs (centralized training, or on-the-site training), or at the supplementary training zone of the Ministry of Labor Cross-Boundary Labor Right Protection Website for online digital learning for at least 20 hours in accumulation and obtained the certificate of completion in supplementary training. 

  • 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 ：

Only 1 home nursing care worker or mid-level home nursing care worker may be employed for the caring of particular person except this person is paralyzed or zero under the Barthel Index that 1 more worker may be employed. 

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

Detail ：

Eligibility of employers for application:
The employer shall be in any of the following kinship to the person who required nursing care: 
1. Spouse. 
2. Next of kin. 
3. Kindred within the 3rd tier under the Civil Code. 
4. Stepparents, stepchildren, parents or stepparents of the spouse, spouses of children stepchildren. 
5. The spouses of grandparents and grandchildren, step-grandparents and grandchildren, spouses of step-grandparents and grandchildren. 

The person under nursing care should meet any of the following conditions: 
1. Critical level of handicapped in any category. 
2. Under age 80 but required for all-day care as determined under the professional assessment of the medical team of medical care institutions. 
3. Over age 80 and seriously dependent on nursing care as determined under the professional assessment of the medical team of medical care institutions. 
4. Over the age of 85 and mildly dependent on nursing care as determined under the professional assessment of the medical team of medical care institutions. 

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