Article 1
These Regulations are prescribed in accordance with the provisions of Article 5, Paragraph 2, of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals.
Article 2
In these Regulations the term “competent authority” refers to the Ministry of Education.
Article 3
In these Regulations the term “foreign teacher” refers to a foreigner who is employed as a teacher at an educational institution in any of the following categories:
1. A teacher at a public or registered private university or tertiary college.
2. A teacher at an educational institution for international residents.
3. A qualified foreign language course teacher at a public or registered private elementary school, junior high school, or senior secondary school.
4. A teacher of academic courses at a public or registered private experimental senior secondary school’s bilingual department or at a public or registered private senior secondary bilingual school.
Article 4
A foreigner who is employed as a teacher in the category referred to in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding article shall have the qualifications specified in the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators or in the regulations governing the appointment of such teachers.
A foreigner in the category referred to in the preceding paragraph, who is employed as a foreign language teacher at a foreign language center at a public or a registered private university or tertiary college, shall have a degree recognized by the competent authority, from a domestic or foreign university or independent college, and any language course taught by that person shall be a course on an official language of the nation that issued the passport of that foreign teacher.
If a foreigner is employed as a teacher in the category referred to in Subparagraph 2 of the preceding article, at a school for international residents, that school for international residents shall appoint a qualified teacher in accordance with the related regulations of the particular foreign country whose citizens the school provides education for in accordance with that country’s education system.
A foreigner who is employed as a teacher in the category referred to in Subparagraph 3 or 4 of the preceding article shall have a degree recognized by the competent authority, from a domestic or foreign university or independent college, and possess qualifications in or be qualified to teach the subject they will teach. The qualifications must indicate that they are permitted to teach the subject involved in the country that issued their qualifications.
The foreign language taught by a foreigner who is employed as a teacher in the category referred to in Subparagraph 3 of the preceding article must be the official language of that country that issued their passport. Language in which a subject is taught reffered to in Subparagraph 4 of the preceding article also must be the official language of that country that issued their passport.
Article 5
The number of the foreign language teachers specified in Article 3, Subparagraph 3 that a school employs is not permitted to exceed the number obtained by multiplying the total number of classes that the competent authority has authorized for that school by the number of foreign language sessions prescribed in each course outline for each class to have each week, then adding the total number of foreign language sessions that each class in the school has each week that exceeds the number prescribed in each course outline, and then dividing that figure by the maximum number of hours that subject teachers are authorized by the competent authority to teach each week. This restriction does not apply to senior secondary schools which have been given approval to organize second foreign language courses.
Article 6
An educational institution at any level that plans to appoint a foreign teacher shall submit the following documents to the competent authority and apply for a work permit to be issued:
1. Two copies of the application form.
2. A photocopy of the employment contract stating the position title of the foreign teacher to be employed and the period of their employment.
3. A photocopy of documentary evidence of the highest level of education of the foreign teacher to be employed.
4. A photocopy of the passport of the foreign teacher to be employed.
5. Any other documents designated by the competent authority.
Article 7
The competent authority shall notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of the Interior, and the special municipality or county (city) government where the educational institution is located when it issues or cancels a work permit for a foreign teacher to work at an educational institution.
Article 8
The maximum period of a work permit issued by the competent authority for a foreign teacher to be employed by any level of educational institution is restricted to three years. An educational institution that needs to continue the person’s employment after this period ends shall submit two copies of the application form, a photocopy of the current work permit documents, and a photocopy of the renewed employment contract and apply to the competent authority for a new work permit within 60 days before the date that that the person’s current work permit expires.
Article 9
If, within the period that their work permit is valid, a foreign teacher employed at any level of educational institution has to transfer to another educational institution or has to be employed by two or more educational institutions, the educational institution(s) planning to employ the foreign teacher shall apply for a work permit. If a transfer is being made to another educational institution, the educational institution planning to employ the foreign teacher shall submit documentary proof of the termination of that teacher’s previous employment.
If the foreign teacher referred to in the preceding paragraph transfers to another employer that is not an educational institution within the period that their work permit is valid, the educational institution that formerly employed them shall notify the competent authority within seven days of the occurrence of such a fact to revoke the original work permit.
Article 10
3. The employed foreign teacher does not meet the qualification requirements stipulated in Article 4, or the circumstances stipulated in the Teacher’s Act or the Act Governing the Appointment of Educators occasioning dismissal, non-renewal of employment, or severance with pay exist, or there exist any circumstances requiring termination of the employment contract in accordance with any related ordinance exist.
Article 11
Matters regarding the management and rights and obligations of the foreign teachers referred to in Article 3, Subparagraph 1, Subparagraph 3, and Subparagraph 4 who are full-time qualified staff members whose position is listed as part of the current staffing complement of the school shall be subject to the provisions of the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals, the Teacher’s Act and other related ordinances. For other foreign teachers, unless the provisions of some other ordinance apply, such matters shall be conducted in accordance with their employment contract.
Matters regarding the management and rights and obligations of the teachers at schools for international residents, stipulated in Article 3, Subparagraph 2, shall be conducted in accordance with the related regulations of the particular foreign country whose citizens the school provides education for in accordance with that country’s education system.
Article 12
If any of the circumstances specified in Article 56 of the Employment Service Act pertain to a foreign teacher employed by any level of educational institution, in addition to notifying the local competent labor authority, entry and exit control agency, and police agency in accordance with regulations, the educational institution shall also send a copy of the notification to the competent authority.
The notification referred to in the preceding paragraph shall include the name of the foreign teacher, their gender, age, nationality, date of entry into the Republic of China (abbreviated below to “the ROC”), the maximum period for which they have been engaged or the number of their work permit, and a photocopy of their Alien Resident Certificate.
If the foreign teacher has not departed from the ROC, the police agency shall make a report to the National Police Agency of the Ministry of the Interior and shall strengthen its investigation.
Within 30 days following the departure of an employed foreign teacher referred to in the preceding two paragraphs of this article, educational institutions at each level shall notify the competent authority and submit a name list of the foreign teachers who have departed and documentary proof of their departure.
Article 14
A foreign teacher who applied for employment and was approved in accordance with related ordinances before the enforcement of these Regulations may continue to be employed until the end of the period that they were engaged for.
Article 15
The provisions of these Regulations apply, mutatis mutandis, when educational institutions employ residents of Hong Kong or Macao to engage in the work specified in the subparagraphs of Article 3 in the Taiwan Area.
Article 16
These Regulations shall take effect from the date that the Act for the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Professionals comes into effect.