In accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2, Article 31, the Central Competent Authority is required to conduct regular inspections, in March, June, September, and December each year, of foreign private employment services institutions commissioned to arrange for local citizens or foreign nationals to work in Taiwan, where the number and ratio of foreign workers whose whereabouts become unknown within 30 days of arriving in the country reach the level stipulated in Schedule 2.After conducting inspections in accordance with regulations detailed in the previous paragraph, if the Central Competent Authority discovers that the number and percentage of foreign workers pertaining to foreign manpower service agencies reach the level detailed in Schedule 2, Article 31, it will notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the overseas missions in question to temporarily refused the processing of visa applications for foreign nationals from designated manpower service agencies for a stipulated number of days:1. First time: 7 days pause on issuing of visas.2. Second time or more: The length of the temporary pause is increased by 7 days for each occurrence, to a maximum of 28 days.