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Plans to relax rules for Hong Kongers to gain residency in Taiwan have been put on hold due to national security concerns, an Executive Yuan source said, adding that the government is discussing plans to narrow eligibility for those who are in Taiwan seeking asylum. The administration of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) had planned for the Ministry of the Interior to amend the Regulations Governing Residency or Permanent Residency for People of the Hong Kong Area and the Macau Area (香港澳門居民進入臺灣地區及居留定居許可辦法) and allow white-collar Hong Kongers to be eligible for residency if they worked in Taiwan for five years, stayed in ....
Professionals from Hong Kong or Macau may extend their residency for up to one year under new rules announced yesterday by the Ministry of the Interior. The amendments to the Regulations Governing Residency or Permanent Residency for People of the Hong Kong Area and the Macau Area (香港澳門居民進入臺灣地區及居留定居許可辦法) were passed to comply with the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (外國專業人才延攬及僱用法) promulgated on July 7 last year, the ministry said. The government has to offer measures that would not only attract professional talent, but also encourage them to bring over their families, and allow their families to find jobs ....
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday suspended plans to ease permanent residency rules for professionals from Hong Kong and Macau amid criticism of the policy, which was to begin tomorrow. “The policy has been shelved for now. More dialogue is needed with lawmakers and the public to garner general support,” MAC Deputy Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said. The relaxed residency rules announced on April 21 attracted objections, with critics saying that the process was rushed, and lacked proper national security and impact assessments. The original timetable would have had the Ministry of the Interior file for public notice tomorrow to revise the Regulations ....
Many professional workers from Hong Kong and Macau are to be able to apply for permanent residence starting on May 1, after new criteria received Cabinet approval, an official said. Under the new regulations, professionals from the territories who have resided in Taiwan for at least five years with a work visa, and earned at least double the minimum wage in the past year, can apply for permanent residency as of next month, an official said ahead of an expected formal announcement next month. The applicant must also have been present in Taiwan for at least 183 days in each of the ....