I've been trying to navigate the website www.gio.gov.tw but it's been really hard to find what I need to know. I am going there to teach at my friend's tutoring school (and other random English-teaching jobs) but the school is really small.
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goto the Taiwanese Consulate website. Type "taiwanese consulate" into the search field.
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you find work first, and then your employer sponsors your visa. I live in Taiwan, and this is the way it has to be done. Your employer has to file for "permission" from the government to hire a foreign national. Then, they have to file a lot of paperwork, then, you have to file a lot of paperwork and get a medical exam before you can get an ARC (alien resident card, ie work visa.) You can come to Taiwan on a two, or sometimes three month visa, and work, but you will have to leave the country after three months, but you can return again, after applying for another three month visa. Your job, or one of your jobs, should be able to sponser you for a visa. So, first, before you leave your home country, apply for a "two month visitors visa" for Taiwan. That way, you will have up to two months in Taiwan before securing work that can sponsor your visa.
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Check out this online forum about work in Taiwan -- http://forumosa.com/taiwan/viewforum.php?f=70 Also see this forum on visas and residency issues -- http://forumosa.com/taiwan/viewforum.php?f=67
