Taiwan Employment Gold Card
Combined work permit, resident visa, Alien Resident Certificate and re-entry permission for a qualifying foreign special professional.
- Route type
- Talent & merit
- Can bring
- dependants from the official record
- Requirements
- 2 each quoted below
Who this route is for
Every item below is the government’s own wording, quoted from the official source. Whether you personally qualify depends on your full profile.
2 requirements quoted from the official source.
- Job offer or appointment
A job offer is not required because the Gold Card contains an open work permit.
- Qualifications or professional authorisation
The applicant must qualify in at least one of the 12 published fields: architecture, biotechnology, culture and arts, digital, economy, education, environmental protection, finance, law, national defence, science and technology, or sports.
- Passport or travel-document requirement
A passport valid for at least 6 months is required.
- Work authorisation requirement
The Gold Card combines an open work permit, resident visa, Alien Resident Certificate and re-entry permission.
via immigration.gov.tw - Work rights
The open work permit allows qualifying professional work without sponsorship by a single employer.
via immigration.gov.tw - Dependent-family rights
Qualifying family members can use the foreign-professional dependent residence framework.
via foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw - Long-term residence or conversion path
Gold Card residence can count toward the accelerated foreign-special-professional permanent-residence route.
via immigration.gov.tw
Who you can bring
- Dependent-family rights
Qualifying family members can use the foreign-professional dependent residence framework.
via foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw
What the source prices
- Government fee
For a standard foreign applicant, the normal overseas or domestic fee schedule is NT$3,700, NT$4,700 or NT$5,700 for one, two or three years, subject to the published nationality and status variants.
via immigration.gov.tw · checked 2026-07-27
- Initial duration or stay ceiling
The card is issued for one, two or three years.
via immigration.gov.tw
From here to a yes
Straight answers
01Who qualifies for this route to Taiwan?
Combined work permit, resident visa, Alien Resident Certificate and re-entry permission for a qualifying foreign special professional.
02Can I bring my family?
03What does this route lead to?
Gold Card residence can count toward the accelerated foreign-special-professional permanent-residence route.
Every answer is quoted from the official goldcard.nat.gov.tw page for this route, last read 2026-07-27.
We checked 10 points against the official source; 10 are quoted on this page. The other 0 are either not addressed by the source or not yet backed by a quote — we would rather show you the edge of the record than fill it with a plausible guess.
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Processing time is not published in the official source for this route. We publish a number only when the official text states that number.
Not stated in the official source — the official source names no exclusion for this route.
Where every quote comes from
Official government source goldcard.nat.gov.twLast read 2026-07-27 Every quote on this page is from this Taiwan government page.Other talent & merit routes to Taiwan
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