Immigration Act Article 16

The competent authority may consider the conditions of specific countries or regions to draw up regulations and approved by the Executive Yuan for a national without household registration in the Taiwan Area who has to reside or register permanent residence in the Taiwan Area because ofthe special circumstances of their overseas residing area may sumbit his/her application in accordance with the regulations the competent authority, without being subjected to the restrictions of the provisions of Articles 9 and 10.A stateless person or a national without household registration in the Taiwan Area from Thailand, Myanmar, or Indonesia who has entered the State before this Act was enforced and cannot be repatriated shall be permitted to reside in the Taiwan Area by the National Immigration Agency.A stateless person and a national without household registration in the Taiwan Area from Thailand or Myanmar who have been permitted to enter the State for the purposes of studying or receiving technical training by the Ministry of Education or the Overseas Community Affairs Commission between 21st May 1999 and 31st December 2008 and cannot be repatriated shall be permitted to reside in the Taiwan Area by the National Immigration Agency.A stateless person from India or Nepal who has entered the Taiwan Area before 29st June 2016 and cannot be repatriated shall be permitted to reside in the Taiwan Area by the National Immigration Agency if his/her status has been identified by the review committee meeting which convened by the central authorities for the Mongolian and Tibetan affairs.A stateless person who has obtained the nationality of the State or a national without household registration in the Taiwan Area who has been granted residency in the Taiwan Area as specified in the preceding three paragraphs may apply to the National Immigration Agency for registered permanent residence if he/she has continuously resided in the Taiwan Area for three years, or have resided in the Taiwan Area for five years during which the residency in the Taiwan Area shall be over 270 days each year, or have resided in the Taiwan Area for seven years during which the residency in the Taiwan Area shall exceed 183 days each year.A national without household registration in the Taiwan Area who has exit the State during the residency specified in the preceding paragraph shall not be deemed to have interrupted his/her residency but the period of their absence from the Taiwan Area shall not be calculated as part of his/her residency in the Taiwan Area if his/her overseas trips have been assigned or approved by the government and such assignment or approval can be proved with documents.