Minimum income
$5,700/month
$68,400/year
Stay
12 → 36
months, renewable
Application fee
$310
Tax
Special rate
Gold Card tax benefits
Path to staying
- Visa12 months
- Renewup to 36 months
- Permanent residencypossible
- Leads to residency
- Leads to citizenship
Overview
- Country
- Taiwan
- Visa name
- Employment Gold Card
- Local name
- 就業金卡
- Program type
- Remote worker permit
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 12 months
- Max duration
- 36 months
- Income requirement
- $5,700/month ($68,400/year)
- Application fee
- $310
- Tax status
- Special rate
Requirements
- Health insurance not required
- Criminal record check not required
- Proof of accommodation not required
- Proof of employment or clients required
- University degree not required
What you can do
- Work for local companies
- Freelancers eligible
- Employees eligible
- Work permit included
- Bring dependents
- Multiple entry
- Open a local bank account
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
Tax
- Tax status
- Special rate
- Tax regime
- Gold Card tax benefits
- Regime duration
- 3 years
- Foreign income taxed
- No
- Tax residency trigger
- 183 days
How to apply
- Application method
- online
- Processing time
- 20–40 days
- Can apply in-country
- Yes
- Multiple entry
- Yes
- Can open bank account
- Yes
- Renewable
- Yes
Notes
4-in-1 card: residence permit, open work permit, ARC, and re-entry permit. Valid 1-3 years. Requires expertise in one of eight fields (Science/Tech, Economics, Education, Culture/Art, Sport, Finance, Law, Architecture) or 8+ years in digital economy. Salary from non-Taiwanese sources is tax-free for first 183 days. Family members can live in Taiwan.
Also in Taiwan
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