Temporary residence and work protection for a trafficking victim

Article 14 For those identified as victims of human trafficking, the central competent authority shall, upon application, issue a residence permit valid for one year, and may extend the residence permit to meet the need of the investigation or trial of the case, and each extension shall not exceed one year.

The human trafficking victim who have been issued with residence permits in the preceding 2 paragraphs may apply for a work permit at the central labor affairs competent authority without being subjected to the restrictions set forth in the Employment Service Act and the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, and the period in which he/she can work shall not exceed the period of his/her residence permit.

Article 14 For those identified as victims of human trafficking, the central competent authority shall, upon application, issue a residence permit valid for one year, and may extend the residence permit to meet the need of the investigation or trial of the case, and each extension shall not exceed one year.

Anyone not stated in the preceding paragraph, upon the knowledge of a suspected case of human trafficking, may notify the local judicial police authority.

The judicial police authority (unit), upon discovering or receiving a report on a suspected human trafficking case, shall immediately undertake the identification of human trafficking victims.

Article 14 For those identified as victims of human trafficking, the central competent authority shall, upon application, issue a residence permit valid for one year, and may extend the residence permit to meet the need of the investigation or trial of the case, and each extension shall not exceed one year.

Suspected human trafficking victim shall not be forcibly deported from the State (territory) before the identification or the objection to identification results are decided.

The competent authorities and labor affairs competent authorities at all levels shall, either by themselves or by commissioning non-governmental organizations, provide human trafficking victims or suspected ones with the following assistance: 1. Protection of personal safety; 2. Necessary medical assistance; 3. Interpretation assistance; 4. Legal assistance; 5. Psychological advice and counseling; 6. Being accompanied when questioned (interrogated) throughout the investigation or trial; 7. Rental subsidies and others necessary financial assistance. 8. Consulting and referral of social welfare service resources 9. Employability skills and education training 10. Placement services 11. Other necessary assistance.

The human trafficking victim who have been issued with residence permits in the preceding 2 paragraphs may apply for a work permit at the central labor affairs competent authority without being subjected to the restrictions set forth in the Employment Service Act and the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, and the period in which he/she can work shall not exceed the period of his/her residence permit.

In the case of victim of human trafficking has been granted residence pursuant to paragraph 1, no such period of residence is applicable to the calculation of residence for the purpose of applying for long term residence, permanent residence, registered permanent residence, or naturalization required by other applicable laws.

Article 3 The competent authorities referred to in this Act: the Ministry of the Interior at the central government level; municipal governments at the municipal level; county (city) governments at the county (city) level.

Article 10 The judicial police authority and labor affairs competent authority shall set up 24-hour special channels, online platforms or telephone hotlines for the reporting of human trafficking.