Sports Industry Development Act Article 21

In order to assist sports industry development and to facilitate the recruitment of foreign personnel to do specialized or technical work in Taiwan as a response to related changes in the business environment, an individual of foreign nationality who works in the sports industry who comes to Taiwan to engage in short-term commercial activities, give technical coaching, or give professional performances and who has not been employed by any employer in Taiwan may do so on a visitor visa for up to fourteen days, without being required to apply for a work permit.If a foreign individual is employed in the sports industry to engage in specialized or technical work within the sovereign territory of the Republic of China, the employer applying for their work permit and the eligibility criteria for a foreign person to be employed and the mandatory documentation may be handled using the corresponding provisions governing the employment of foreign specialized or technical work personnel by overseas compatriots or foreigners who have received government approval to invest in or set up businesses.