Foreign professionals with an employment permit issued by the Ministry of Labor (MOL) will have the option to apply for their Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) online from July 1, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said Thursday.
This online ARC service will be launched on a trial basis and will not initially be made available to those who have obtained their employment permit from ministries other than the MOL, such as the Ministry of Education.
It will be an alternative to onsite application, and foreign professionals with an employment permit from the MOL will also be able to use this online service to apply for an ARC for their family members in Taiwan, the immigration agency said.
The NIA said it would consider expanding the online ARC application service to other foreign professionals who have obtained an employment permit from the Ministry of Education and other authorities in the future.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel