Open-Work Permit Application Procedures - Step by step

[shini]

I filled out the application at home so I was literally in and out in less than 5 minutes. Mr.Liu(Lu) is a sweetheart too!

Thanks again NCS!

[Northcoast Surfer]

I filled out the application at home so I was literally in and out in less than 5 minutes. Mr.Liu(Lu) is a sweetheart too!

Thanks again NCS!

Congratulations Shini! You're very welcome. Nice to know the procedures haven't changed,,,,,yet!

[Fortigurn]

I made my application yesterday. It took all of 5 minutes, and Mr Liu is indeed fantastic. I was impressed by his English fluency.

[Ludovic]

Just to confirm it is working well if you follow Northcoast surfer's to-do list.

I am in Tainan and did all by regular mail and it took exactly one week to have the OWP in hands. I did even send an envelop with stamp but they send it back to me so one free stamp for me ! The only extra copy i did was the application (with picture and chop).

so now, I am free to work wherever I want (but no teaching job) that is a very nice feeling !

Ludovic

[rk1951]

Thanks Northcoast Sufer, I went to apply for my work permit yesterday and your step by step process was flawless. I went in yesterday afternoon and it only took 5 min. Unfortunately, Mr. Liu wasn’t there to help me. I had a woman that didn’t speak much English instead. No big deal because I was fully prepared.

I do want to mention that if you want to pick up your working permit yourself make sure you tell them this right when you go to the next counter after you pay. The woman files your application at the next counter just assumed that I wanted my working permit mailed to me. I ask her when I could pick it up and she said, oh sorry I thought you wanted it mailed to your address. So she didn’t even give me the option and she was unable to reverse the process. So I was pretty upset about that because I am never home when the mail carrier comes to my house. Oh well, I will live.

Also Northcoast Sufer noted that if you want it mailed to your house then you will need to fill out another form, but that was not the case for me. Once she gave me my receipt, she told me that I was finished.

[chanephraim]

is resident certificate needs open work permit rights to work legally?im not married.

[Northcoast Surfer]

is resident certificate needs open work permit rights to work legally?im not married.

The following individuals are qualified for an Open-Work Permit.

1. Foreigners who possess an Alien Permanent Residency Certificate (APRC).

2. Foreigners whose spouse is a Taiwan national AND possess a Joining Family Residency Visa (JFRV) based Alien Residency Certificate (ARC).

The following individuals are not qualified for an Open-Work Permit.

1. Foreigners who possess an ARC based on an employment visa.
2. Foreigners who possess an ARC based on a student visa.
3. Foreigners who have a visitor visa.
4. Foreigners who enter Taiwan visa free.

[Ludovic]

Hello and Happy new year !

I have a question about the open working permit (which I have)

if i change my adress on my APRC, do I need to redo totally the paperwork or just a simple copy of the APRC ?

to change the adress on my APRC, kind of easy, household paper and done but OWP ?

Ludovic

[Ludovic]

so just to keep it alive,

my APRC is updated to the new address (cost nothing to do that, nice!) so do I have to do redo the paperwork for OWP or just keep it this way (no address is written on my OWP)

Ludovic

[Northcoast Surfer]

so just to keep it alive,

my APRC is updated to the new address (cost nothing to do that, nice!) so do I have to do redo the paperwork for OWP or just keep it this way (no address is written on my OWP)

Ludovic

Sorry. I hadn't seen your previous posting.

Answer: You only need to re-do your OWP when you renew your passport because your passport number subsequently changes. That's it. You're good until you need to renew your passport. Keep working!