Regulations Governing Employment Transfer Procedures and Employment Qualifications for Foreigners Engaging in the Jobs Specified in Subparagraph 8 to 11 of Paragraph 1 of Article 46 of the Employment Service Act Article 11

Public employment service agencies are required to complete the transfer of foreign workers in accordance with the transfer process laid out in the two previous articles within 60 days of the Central Competent Authority registering necessary information in accordance with the provisions of Article 4. But for those foreigners possessing special situations that have been approved by the Central Competent Authority, the operation of foreigners' transferring may be extended to sixty days and one time only.Foreigners who are physically assaulted by employers or other employees, commissioned administrator, persons under care of or relatives of persons under care of, and the Central Competent Authority permits revocation, its application to transfer operation is not subject to restriction on the times in the preceding paragraph.In the case of foreigners who fail to attend negotiation meetings as stipulated in the preceding article without due reason, in the duration of the transfer process or extended transfer process, after their employment permits are annulled or rejected by central competent authorities and they are notified of approval of a change in employer or job, or foreigners who fail to find a new employer or job within the designated period of transition time as stipulated in the two previous articles, the Public Employment Service Agency shall notify their original employers to facilitate procedures so they can leave the country within fourteen days starting from the day after the negotiation meeting, except for foreigners with appropriate reasons approved by the central competent authorities.In cases where the original employers’ whereabouts are unknown, Municipality or County/City-level competent authorities shall ask Police or Immigration Competent Authorities with jurisdiction to carry out the departure process.Foreign nationals who meet one of the following conditions are permitted to extend the work or employer transfer period a maximum of one time.1. When an application based on special circumstances detailed in the proviso of Paragraph 1 is submitted to the Central Competent Authority no later than 14 days prior to the expiration of the original transfer period and subsequently approved.2. In the event of major socio-economic incidents or for other special reasons, the Central Competent Authority can, on a case-by-case basis, automatically extend the transfer period in the transfer information system from the day after the expiration of the original transfer period.