2021/01/22 16:31 Mobile library will provide books in Southeast Asian languages in New Taipei City. Mobile library will provide books in Southeast Asian languages in New Taipei City. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) New Taipei City’s mobile library will soon distribute books and newspapers from Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar, reports said Friday (Jan. 22). New migrants only have to show their passport or Alien Resident Certificate to check out books from the mobile library. The book-laden truck will stop at designated places, including Shulin Railway Station, Cailiao MRT station, 823 Memorial Park in Zhonghe, Yangguang Park in Xindian, and other locations where migrants and foreign workers often gather, CNA reported.
2021/01/16 17:33 International students at National Quemoy University in Kinmen County. (National Quemoy University photo) International students at National Quemoy University in Kinmen County. (National Quemoy University photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan People s Party Legislator Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) said Friday (Jan. 15) that the government should create a more welcoming environment for foreign students wishing to work in Taiwan following graduation. During a public forum on the challenges international students face while searching for jobs in Taiwan, Chiu pointed out that many local employers refuse to hire foreigners due to an unfamiliarity with the visa application process. He invited a few foreign professionals to share their experiences.
Foreigners in Taiwan will have ID cards matching format of locals
01/02/2021 01:34 PM
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Deputy Minister of the Interior Chiu Chang-yueh (left) and Freddie Hoeglund, CEO of the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan promote the new ARC/APRC format at an event in December. Photo courtesy of the NIA
Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) The National Immigration Agency (NIA) on Saturday began issuing new Alien Resident Certificates (ARC) and Alien Permanent Resident Certificates (APRC) to foreign residents who have gained residency status in Taiwan with number formats matching those of Taiwanese nationals identification cards.
2020/12/31 17:51 Sample ID with new numbering format. (NIA image) Sample ID with new numbering format. (NIA image) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The government s change to the numbering system for the Alien Resident Certificate (ARC) and Alien Permanent Resident Certificate (APRC), in order to have them match Taiwan s national identification cards will go into effect Saturday (Jan. 2), and foreign residents can apply for the new numbers on Jan. 4. Currently, if someone living in Taiwan wants to fill out an online registration form, book a reservation, make a bank transaction, purchase travel insurance, participate in a credit card promotion, or sign up for an online job bank, they must enter a national identification card number with a second digit that consists of either 1 or 2. However, the second digit of all ARC and APRC numbers is currently a letter, preventing foreign residents from accessing the above services.
Taiwan bans non-resident foreigners
MORE CONTAGIOUS: Quarantine rules would also be changing after a Taiwanese teenager who returned from the UK was found to have the new variant of the virus
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Starting from tomorrow, all non-resident foreign nationals are temporarily banned from entering Taiwan for a month, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced yesterday, as it confirmed Taiwan’s first case of the new COVID-19 variant from the UK.
Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the center, said that border control and quarantine measures would be tightened to prevent the new, more contagious coronavirus variant, which was first reported in the UK and has since spread to other continents.