Applying for a Job-Seeking Visa After Employment Gold Card Expiry
If you are currently not employed in Taiwan, you can apply for a 6-month residence visa(ARC) for job-seeking. Before your Employment Gold Card expires, please prepare your passport, Employment Gold Card, a passport-sized color photo taken within the last 6 months, and an application fee of NTD1,000.
You can apply for an extension online via the “Foreign Professionals Online Application Platform (Apply for an extension for other reasons).” For instructions on how to apply for the job-seeking ARC online, please refer to the guideline at Gold Card official website. The application can also be submitted at any National Immigration Agency Service Center as hard copy. If necessary, you may apply for one final 6-month extension.
Instead of temporary 6-month visa, you can also apply for a Gold Card extension for up to four months before your Card expires. You will need to fill in the basic information again. The system will automatically transfer the documents from your previous application, if the relevant regulation remains the same (although you won’t be able to view or download them), your qualifications, and the necessary preparations for the extension.
