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Office of International Affairs

Office of International Affairs

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Degree students or year-long exchange srudents

Regulations

  • International students must apply for a work permit before starting any job (either on-campus or off-campus).
  • Working without a permit can result in fines (NT$30,000 to NT$150,000), immediate deportation, and future work bans in Taiwan.
  • If the person fails to leave Taiwan within the specified period, the authorities may enforce their departure and detain them until they leave. Please see Paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 of Article 68 of the Employment Service Act for more details.
  • During the semester, the maximum work hours are 20 hours per week.
  • Workforce Development Agency has the right to revoke the permit if the applicants do not follow the regulations.
  • Students should return the work permit (if valid) to the OIA if they suspend or discontinue their studies.

Permit Validity

The maximum is one year (depending on the workforce development agency).
Applications Validity
Made in the First (Fall) Semester Applications valid until September 30 of the second (spring) semester
Made in the Second (Spring) Semester Applications valid until September 30 of the same year
Made in Summer Break valid until the following year from the issuance date

*Please note that uploading a photocopy of both sides of your student ID, stamped with enrollment details for the next academic year (semester 1), to the online application system is needed.
To obtain the stamp, please bring one photocopy of your student ID and next academic year's tuition payment receipt to the Academic Affairs Office.

Part-Time Work

  • Includes roles in administrative offices, teaching units or events, teaching assistants (TA) of teaching units, and research assistants (contract-based RA) of professors' research projects.
  • Please note that there are two types of research assistants, contract-based and research scholarship recipients. Only contract-based research assistants need to obtain a work permit.

Application Procedures

  1. Fill out the questionnaire (please note that if you do not complete the form in advance, your application for a work permit will not be processed).
  2. Fill out the "CGU Consent Form of Work Permit Application for International Students".
  3. Read the user manual.
  4. Prepare the required documents (see below).
  5. Go to the online application system. Select "Work Permit for Foreign Students" and log into the system. If you've never used the online application system, please select "Apply for an account" to create your own account first.
  6. Fill the Postal Giro Deposit Slips and pay the fee (NT$ 100) at the post office or online (application can be submitted one day after the fee is paid), and upload the scanned receipt of your payment (if you have a receipt).
  7. Fill in the online application form, upload all the required documents (in PDF format). The Ministry of Labor offers an electronic work permit, please select "electronic official document" instead of delivery (to the school).
  8. Submit the application to the school for examination.
  9. After your application is approved by the Ministry of Labor, the online system will send an email notification to you. Please download the electronic work permit within 8 days after you receive the approval notification.

Required documents

Files Required documents
Photocopy of Passport A photocopy of your valid passport (bio page)
Photocopy of student ID card Choose one option:
  • A photocopy of your student ID card (front and back) and Chinese Enrollment Certificate.
  • Photocopy of your student ID card (front and back), stamped with the academic year and semester (e.g., Academic Year XXX, Semester X).
*Chinese Enrollment Certificate downloaded from iCGU. Please visit "How to Print out the Registration Payment Slip and Enrollment Certificate" for the instructions.
Photocopy of the resident certificate A photocopy of your valid ARC (front and back)
Documentation of language courses’ grades Not required
Ratified certification of Ministry of Education Not required
Others (including school required documents)
  1. A scanned copy of the Work Permit Application.
    *Signature and stamp from your department are required.
  2. A scanned copy of the receipt of your payment (if paid at the Post Office).
    *Please submit the application online one day after the remittance is complete.

Notice

  1. Required documents must be in PDF format. The names of your uploaded files should not be too long or contain any special symbols like #@$%^&*/-~ ...etc.
  2. Application will not be accepted if there is any missing document.
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