1. Staying in Taiwan by Self-Employment through Company Establishmen

• Establish a company and register it as a “Foreign and Overseas Chinese Investment Enterprise”

• Foreign investment must account for over one-third of the company’s capital

• The applicant must serve as the company’s manager

• Apply to the Investment Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)

• Required documents include:

  • Investment Application Form

  • Investment Plan

  • Overseas Chinese Certificate or passport with overseas residency endorsement

• Business operations must not involve industries explicitly prohibited from investment

• Reference website:
  Investment Commission, MOEA

2. Entrepreneur Visa

To apply for the Entrepreneur Visa, the applicant must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Receive over NT$2 million in funding from domestic or international venture capital, innovation funds, or crowdfunding platforms

• Have previously or currently entered and been recommended by a government-recognized incubator

• Hold invention or design patents, plant variety rights, or animal breed registration

• Win awards in domestic or international entrepreneurship/design competitions

• Be officially recognized as having innovation capabilities

If a company has already been established (within the past 5 years), it must meet at least one of the following:

• The founder has invested over NT$1 million

• Received over NT$2 million from venture capital or crowdfunding

• Owns patents, has been selected for exhibitions, or has been officially recognized as an innovative enterprise

Application Process: Apply through the Foreign Professionals Online Application Platform to the National Immigration Agency, and the MOEA will review the application.

📍More Information

• Investment Commission, MOEA

• Foreign Professionals Application Platform