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The Standard is enacted according to the requirements of Articles 7 and 10 of the Charges and Fees Act.

Applications made to the Ministry of Labor for the following permits according to the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals (hereinafter “the Act”) are subject to a review fee:
1. Employment permit or its extension set out in Article 5 of the Act.
2. The artistic work permit or its extension set out in Article 10 of the Act.
3. Permits set out in Article 11 of the Act.
4. Work permit set out in Article 15 of the Act.

Applications for an employment permit or its extension for employment of foreign teachers with specialized knowledge, skill or foreign languages at short-term cram school as set out in Article 5 of the Act are subject to a fee of NT$500 per case.

Foreign professionals who apply for a permit to engage in artistic work, or the extension of such a permit, in accordance with Article 10 of the Act are required to pay NT$500 per application.

Foreign nationals who apply for a permit to engage in professional work in accordance with Article 11 of the Act are required to pay NT$100 per application

Under Article 15 of the Act, applications for a work permit from the following individuals costs NT$100 per application:
1. The adult children of foreign professionals, foreign special professionals, and foreign senior professionals.
2. The spouses of foreign special professionals and foreign senior professionals.

Applications for the reissue of permits set out in Articles 3 to Article 6 is subject to a fee of NT$100 per case.

Applications for permits from residents of Hong Kong or Macau to engage in work detailed in Paragraph 1, Article 5, Article 10 and Article 11 of the Act, mutatis mutandis fall under the provisions of Subparagraphs 1 to 3 of Article 2, Article 3 to Article 5 and the previous Article.

These standards go into effect on January 1, 2026.