Regulations Regarding Study and Counseling Assistance for Overseas Compatriot Students in Taiwan Article 2

In these Regulations, the term "overseas compatriot student" refers to a student of Chinese descent who has come to Taiwan to study, who was born and lived overseas until the present time, or who has been living overseas for six or more consecutive years in the immediate past and obtained permanent or long-term residency status overseas. Please note that a minimum of eight consecutive years of overseas residency is required if the person is applying to study in a university department of medicine, dentistry, or Chinese medicine in Taiwan.A person’s overseas compatriot student status must be validated by the Overseas Compatriots Affairs Commission (OCAC).An overseas compatriot student who received assistance to be assigned to an educational institution in Taiwan who studied for less than two years because for some reason they discontinued their studies or forfeited their student status may lodge another application to come to Taiwan to study, but only one such re-application is permitted. However, if the educational institution in Taiwan where the overseas compatriot student was studying considers that the student’s conduct or academic performance was unsatisfactory, or if the student violated any ordinances or the regulations of the educational institution and the circumstances were serious and as a result, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations governing student awards and penalties, the student had to discontinue their studies or forfeited their status as a registered student, the student is not permitted to re-apply to study in Taiwan based on the provisions of this paragraph.An overseas compatriot student is not permitted to change their overseas compatriot student status while they are studying in Taiwan, unless permitted to do so under the provisions of some other ordinance.