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Information page on the Retention of Foreign Intermediate Skilled Workforce Program

Transnational Technical Workforce Enhancement Program

To further strengthen the retention and recruitment of foreign technical personnel required by industries, the Ministry launched the "Transnational Technical Workforce Enhancement Program" on January 1, 2026. This program encompasses three major measures: "relaxing the ceiling on the retention of foreign technical personnel," "introducing foreign technical personnel for the hospitality and commercial port/wharf cargo handling and warehousing industries," and "enhancing government efficiency."

1. Relaxing the ceiling on the retention of foreign technical personnel: For migrant workers who qualify to transition into foreign technical personnel, employers may now apply to retain all of them, with the allocation ratio relaxed from 25% to 100%.

2. Introducing foreign technical personnel from overseas for specific industries: Employers in the hospitality and commercial port/wharf industries who raise the wages of local workers by NT$2,000 are permitted to recruit and employ foreign technical personnel from overseas who possess specified academic and work experience, language proficiency, and technical skills to work in Taiwan.

3. Enhancing government efficiency: Establishing overseas offices to handle the recruitment, skill testing, and entry assistance for foreign technical personnel, and collaborating with source country governments to jointly promote direct hiring and skills training initiatives.

To optimize workforce deployment and retain outstanding technical talent, the Ministry has promulgated the "Regulations Governing the Qualifications and Working Permits of Foreign Technical Workers," which will take effect on January 1, 2026. Applicable to industries currently employing migrant workers—including manufacturing, slaughtering, construction, agriculture, and long-term care—employers may apply to transition senior migrant 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 in Taiwan, into foreign technical workers, provided they meet the required salary and technical skill qualifications. Foreign technical workers face no limit on their duration of stay in Taiwan, enjoy higher wages, refine their technical skills, and are exempt from paying employment stability fees. Furthermore, after working for an additional 5 years, they become eligible to transition into the permanent residence system.

Foreign technical workers continue to be covered by Labor Insurance and National Health Insurance. Those in industries covered by the Labor Standards Act are also eligible for the old labor pension scheme upon retirement in Taiwan. After employers successfully transition migrant workers into foreign technical workers, they can retain experienced talent tailored to their operational needs. The original migrant worker quotas freed up by this transition can then be used to apply for new migrant workers, thereby increasing overall foreign manpower and helping alleviate labor shortages.

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7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>1.What is the definition of regular salaries?Is overtime duties compensation included?

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Regular monthly salaries shall refer to the wages for employees for employment on a monthly basis, including the housing allowance, traveling, meals, utilities, bonus, and attendance reward released on a monthly basis, but excluding the compensation for overtime duties.

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What is the definition of regular salaries?Is overtime duties compensation included?

Release date ：2023/04/07
Update date ：2023/04/07

7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>2.Are benefits in kind (such as board and lodging expenses) considered part of regular salary? How should these be defined in a labor contract? What is the upper limit of such expenses?

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(1) Yes. In accordance with the provisions of the Labor Standards Act, workers and employers can agree to benefits in kind, but the value of those benefits must be negotiated by the two sides and a reasonable evaluation reached.
(2) In accordance with the provisions of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers, when an employer pays a worker other than with salary related certified documents must be provided, with a copy handed to the foreign worker for safekeeping. As such, the labor contract must clearly stipulate that the two parties agree to the provision of board and lodging as payment in kind for part of the salary, with the total value of such payments also clearly indicated.

Release date ：2023/04/07
Update date ：2023/04/07

7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>3.What is the definition of total monthly salaries?

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Total monthly salary refers to the regular monthly salary paid by the employer to employees (including salary and monthly allowances), overtime pay and other occasional payments (year-end bonus, festival bonuses, employee bonuses, performance bonus etc).

Release date ：2023/04/07
Update date ：2023/05/30

7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>4.If a foreign worker will have worked in Taiwan for 6 consecutive years only at the expiration of current term of employment, can the original employer apply for the worker to be designated an intermediate skilled worker from the end of the employment period pursuant to Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers?

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Yes, the employer (original employer and new employer) is required to apply to the ministry 2 to 4 months before the expiration of the current employment permit, requesting that a foreign worker who will have worked continuously for 6 years or more or one who will have worked an accumulated 6 years or more for the same employer, at the end of the employment period, be redesignated an intermediate skilled worker with an intermediate skilled work employment permit issued when the original employment period ends. Moreover, prior to the ministry issuing an intermediate skilled employment permit, the foreign worker is not permitted to engage in Category 3 work for foreign nationals..

Release date ：2023/04/11
Update date ：2025/08/15

7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>5.The quota for intermediate skilled workers in the manufacturing industry is based on 3K5 grade system applications. Is the basic standard based on the Unified Business No. or the factory labor insurance No?

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The quota for intermediate skilled foreign workers is based on the labor insurance number. It is calculated based on the average number of workers hired the year preceding the two-month period before the month in which the employer submits an application.

Release date ：2023/04/11
Update date ：2023/04/11

7. Job Brokers - Eligibility for application>6.Can employers and relatives within three degrees of kinship who hire a live-in care worker hire a foreign worker who has already left Taiwan to return and engage in intermediate skilled care work?

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Based on the provisions of Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers, an application for a foreign worker who is currently overseas but previously worked in Taiwan for a total of 11 years and six months or longer to engage in intermediate skilled work can only be filed by the original or subsequent employer. However, when an employer or relative within three degrees of kinship of the care recipient hires an intermediate skilled care worker, or the care recipient has no relatives in Taiwan, they meet the conditions detailed in Paragraph 5, Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers and can also file an application.

Release date ：2023/04/11
Update date ：2024/11/01

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