Professionals and Technologists Examinations Act Article 20

Foreign nationals who apply to perform professional or technical services in the R.O.C. should pass examinations as stipulated by this Act and obtain professional licenses and appropriate approvals from relevant authorities, unless otherwise stipulated by law. The acts and regulations relevant to Professional and Technologist Examinations shall apply mutatis mutandis to foreign nationals with regard to candidate qualifications, examination subjects, subjects exempt from examination, methods of examination, physical examination, calculation of test scores, and passing requirements. Foreign nationals who possess professional and technologist licenses in equivalent categories issued by foreign governments, which are certified, along with the Chinese-language translations thereof, by R.O.C. embassies, representative offices, trade offices, or other agencies authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, are eligible to take the Professional or Technologist Examinations in the corresponding categories upon approval by the relevant competent authorities. When taking Professional and Technical Examinations, foreign nationals shall answer the test questions in the language of the R.O.C. unless otherwise stipulated by law. Foreign nationals from countries under mutual recognition agreements or treaties for professional and technical qualifications with the R.O.C., holding professional and technical licenses or qualifications issued by their government and applying for the Professional and Technical Examinations of the same discipline and equivalent standards in the R.O.C., may participate by means of written examinations, oral examinations, knowledge and skill verification, qualification review or other means sanctioned by the Examination Yuan or mutually agreed between the two countries.