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The items of cross-region employment subsidies set forth in these regulations are as follows:
1. Employment-seeking transportation allowance;
2. Cross-region employment transportation allowance;
3. Removal subsidy; and
4. Rent subsidy.

If an unemployed middle-aged person or an unemployed elderly person has registered employment request in person with the public employment service agency which subsequently offers employment counseling and issues employment referral card, the unemployed person may receive the transportation allowance if any of the following circumstance occurs:
1. The place of the referral job is located more than 30 kilometers from where the unemployed person lives; or
2. The person is from low-income or low- and middle-income family, or is a victim of domestic violence.
In addition to the requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph, eligibility for receiving the allowance, amount of allowance and the relevant matters shall be similarly governed by Articles 3, 8 and 9 of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Employment Promotion Allowances.

An applicant applying for the allowance specified in the preceding Article shall submit the following documents and information:
1. Photocopy of identification document.
2. Letter of authorization granting consent to query labor insurance, employment insurance, and labor occupational accident insurance data on behalf of the applicant.
3. Receipt of allowance collection.
4. Other documents and information required by the central competent authority.

The number of employment-seeking transportation allowances which are received upon application by an unemployed middle-aged person or an unemployed elderly person according to these regulations, the Regulations for the Implementation of the Employment Promotion Allowances and the Regulations for the Implementation Regulations for Employment Promotion with Employment Insurance shall be added up and shall not exceed four times in each calendar year.

Where an unemployed person who meets the following requirements has registered employment request in person with the public employment service agency which subsequently offers employment counseling and issues employment referral card, the person may apply to the public employment service agency located in the place of his or her employment for the cross-region transportation allowance:
1. If he or she is an elderly person or a middle-aged person who has been unemployed for more than three months or a middle-aged person who is in the state of involuntary resignation.
2. If the place of employment is located more than 30 kilometers from where the person originally lives;
3. If there are facts supporting travelling back and forth due to employment; and
4. If he or she been employed by the same employer for 30 consecutive days.

In the event that a middle-aged person or an elderly person applies for the cross-region transportation allowance set forth in the preceding article, the application procedures, the required documents and information, criteria for approval, the subsidy period, and the rejection or revocation of application shall similarly be governed by Articles 27, 28 and 36 of the Regulations for the Implementation of Employment Promotion with Employment Insurance.

Where an unemployed person who meets the following requirements has registered employment request in person with the public employment service agency which subsequently offers employment counseling and issues employment referral card, the person may apply to the public employment service agency located in the place of his or her employment for the removal subsidy:
1. If he or she is an elderly person or a middle-aged person who has been unemployed consecutively for more than three months or a middle-aged person who is in the state of involuntary resignation.
2. If the place of employment is located more than 30 kilometers from where the person originally lives;
3. If there are supporting facts that he or she actually lives in the place removed and his or her relocation from his or her original place of residence is caused by his or her employment;
4. If the place of employment is located within 30 kilometers from the place removed; and
5. If he or she has been employed by the same employer for 30 consecutive days.

The application procedures, required documents and information, criteria for approval, rejection or revocation of application shall be similarly governed by Articles 30, 31 and 36 of the Regulations for the Implementation of Employment Promotion with Employment Insurance.

If an unemployed person who meets the following requirements has registered employment request in person with the public employment service agency which subsequently offers employment counseling and issues employment referral card, the person may apply to the public employment service agency located in the place of his or her employment for the rent subsidy:
1. If he or she is an elderly person or a middle-aged person who has been unemployed consecutively for more than three months or a middle-aged person who is in the state of involuntary resignation.
2. If the place of employment is located more than 30 kilometers from where the person originally lives;
3. If there are supporting facts that he or she actually lives in the rented place and the need to rent a place is caused by his or her employment;
4. If the place of employment is located within 30 kilometers from the rented place; and
5. If he or she has been employed by the same employer for 30 consecutive days.

In the event that a middle-aged person or an elderly person applies for the rent subsidy set forth in the preceding article, the application procedure, the required documents and information, criteria for approval, the subsidy period, and the rejection or revocation of application shall be similarly governed by Articles 33, 34 and 36 of the Regulations for the Implementation of Employment Promotion with Employment Insurance.

A middle-aged person or an elderly person may only apply for either the rent subsidy or the cross-region transportation allowance each month.

The rent subsidy, cross-region employment transportation allowance and removal allowance applied by a senior and middle-aged person or an elderly person in accordance with these regulations and the Regulations for the Implementation of Employment Promotion with Employment Insurance shall be added up. The subsidy period for the rent subsidy and cross-region transportation allowance may not exceed 12 months and the removal subsidy shall not exceed Thirty Thousand New Taiwan Dollars (NTD30,000).