Review Standards and Employment Qualifications for Foreign Workers Engaged in Work Specified in Subparagraphs 8 to 10, Paragraph 1, Article 46 of the Employment Service Act Article 43

For foreign workers hired to engage in construction work referred to in Subparagraph 3, Article 5, when an employer undertakes a major construction project invested in by a private institution (hereinafter “major private construction project”) and enters into a construction contract with said private institution, and where the total cost of the project is NT$200 million or more and the contract project duration is 18 months or more, the employer can apply for an initial recruitment permit to employ foreign workers, limited to the following construction projects:1. Public utilities projects invested in by private institutions and given special approval.2. Projects approved as an incentive for private institutions to invest in construction, or where private institutions are authorized to participate in a major public infrastructure project, or to promote private sector participation in public works projects conducted in accordance with the Act for Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects.3. Private school, social welfare organization, medical institution, or social housing related construction projects.4. Major manufacturing industry investment projects involving the construction of factories.When an employer undertakes to construct a major private construction project that conforms to the qualifications detailed in the preceding paragraph, where the total amount of the contract is more than NT$100 million but less than NT$200 million, and the duration of the project is 18 months or longer and the same employer has contracted other major private construction projects that accumulated come to a contract total of NT$200 million or more, an application can be made for an initial recruitment permit to employ foreign workers.If an employer referred in the previous paragraph has undertaken other major private economic construction projects but the project has been completed, the total contract value of the project is less than NT$100 million, or the duration of the project is less than 18 months, it will not be added to the total value of project contracts.An employer’s application for a permit detailed in the preceding three paragraphs must be approved by the competent authority in charge of the target business as conforming to the conditions detailed in those aforementioned paragraphs.Where a project referred to in the subparagraphs of Paragraph 1 is prepared, planned, constructed, or installed independently by a private institution, the aforementioned institution can apply for an initial recruitment permit to employ foreign workers.