With the principle to protect human rights and national security, the MOI continuously improves relevant management of entering and leaving Taiwan for more effective management of human flow. The MOI overall examines relevant rules and regulations governing nationality, entering and leaving Taiwan, and immigration. Through legal liberalization, more foreign talent has been attracted to Taiwan.
Furthermore, in order to protect rights of new immigrants, the MOI also actively promotes various caring and assisting measures for new immigrants and integrates various agency resources to provide services needed by new immigrants. New immigrants are also empowered and cultivated with more human capitals by assisting them to utilize mother tongue and cultural advantage to enrich Taiwan’s diverse culture and bring important power for the long-term development of Taiwan.
Recruitment of neutralized talent for local settlement
“The Nationality Act” was amended and promulgated on December 21st, 2016. In consideration of the unwillingness of exceptional foreigners to give up its original nationalities, in order to realize the policy goal to recruit and retain foreign talent, Article 9 of the amendment regulates that when applying for neutralization, who made special contributions to the ROC and high level professional in the technology, economy, education, culture, arts, sports, and other domains and serve the interests of the ROC is not required to submit the certificate of loss of original nationality. Furthermore, the MOI enacted and promulgated “ Standards for Defining High-Level Professionals for Naturalization” on March 24th, 2017 and enacted and promulgated “ Directions for Identifying a Foreign National or a Stateless Person Who has Made Special Contributions to the ROC” on September 18th, 2017 to implement amended Article 9 of “the Nationality Act.”
Creating friendly environment for retaining and attracting foreign talent
Incorporating with foreign talent retention and recruitment policy of Executive Yuan, the “Screen Standards of Applications of Foreign Nationalities for Permanent Residence” were amended by MOI on July 12th, 2018. The amended regulations include the foreigners having outstanding performance in the field of laws, culture and art to be the senior professional personnel needed in Taiwan.
Friendly environment for immigrants and empowerment of new immigrants and their children
Along with global migration flow, new immigrants come to Taiwan because of marriage, in particular, show a stable growth in number. New immigrants bring new elements to society in Taiwan; growth of children of new immigrants also instill fresh power to Taiwan. In 2016, the MOI worked with relevant governmental departments to launch “the Brand-New Program” to empower new immigrants and their second-generation with provision of dream realizing projects, the youth empowerment program, scholarship program, the overseas experiential camp program, etc. The MOI also works with local governments and private organizations to build friendly environment for immigrants.