Regulations Regarding Study and Counseling Assistance for Overseas Compatriot Students in Taiwan Article 9

A student in any of the categories listed immediately below, who satisfies the provisions of Articles 2 and 3, and who returned to Taiwan independently and plans to enroll in an elementary school, junior high school, senior secondary school, or junior college may apply to the OCAC within 90 days from the day after they arrive in Taiwan and submit all the documents specified in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 of Article 6. The OCAC will examine the documents then forward their application to the appropriate competent education administrative authority which will check and ratify the documents and assign the student a place in an educational institution in light of their actual circumstances and assign them to an educational institution to be admitted to. The proof of their highest level of education at any overseas educational institution shall be authenticated by an overseas office. However, students applying to undertake a general course at a public senior secondary school are restricted to attending the NOCSH:1.A student who has legal residence status in Taiwan.2.A student who was permitted to enter the country with a visa for a period of 60 days or more which does not bear a note made by the visa issuing agency indicating that the visa cannot be extended or is subject to some other restriction.A person with a visa for a limited period stay who has been in Taiwan less than 60 days, or who was permitted to enter the country with a visa which bears a note made by the visa issuing agency indicating that the visa cannot be extended or is subject to some other restriction may apply to the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or one of its subsidiary offices in Taiwan before their current visa expires to have it changed into a visa for a stay of 60 days or more that does not bear a note indicating that the visa cannot be extended or is subject to some other restriction, because they have documentary evidence of their overseas compatriot student status issued by the OCAC and they plan to study in Taiwan. After changing their visa they may apply to be assigned and admitted to an educational institution in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.The authority referred to in Paragraph 1 that checks and ratifies documents and assigns students a place in an educational institution shall do so, mutatis mutandis, in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of Paragraph 3 of Article 7.If a student makes an application in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 when it is already more than one-third of the way into a semester, the educational institution being applied to may give them a ‘provisional’ admission status and assign them to an appropriate grade level. This ‘provisional’ status is valid for up to one year, and their student registration shall be confirmed if they pass the examinations. If, however, a student is applying more than one-third of the way into a semester to attend a vocational high school, a vocational division of a general senior high school, a vocational program at a comprehensive senior high school, or a junior college they shall be assigned to an educational institution to begin their studies in the next academic year.An overseas compatriot student who satisfies the requirements set out in Articles 2 and 3 and independently enrolls in an educational institution within 90 days from the day after they arrive in Taiwan may go to apply to the OCAC and apply for assistance to undertake the procedures to be formally assigned there (i.e. with overseas compatriot status) and they will be assigned to the year of the program into which they independently enrolled on their return to Taiwan.Overseas compatriot students who were assigned to a junior high school by the central competent education administrative authority may apply during their junior high school graduation year for a place in a senior secondary school, or a five-year program at a junior college. However, students applying to undertake a public senior secondary school general course are restricted to attending the NOCSH.Students who applied for and received places in accordance with the provisions of the previous paragraph are not permitted to enjoy the preferential treatment when taking an examination to advance to the next level of education referred to in Paragraph 1 of Article 10.Students who are applying to attend a private educational institution in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 6 shall first obtain a letter of agreement from the educational institution.