Q: Can employers and relatives within three degrees of kinship who hire a live-in care worker hire a foreign worker who has already left Taiwan to return and engage in intermediate skilled care work?

Answer:

 
Based on the provisions of Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers, an application for a foreign worker who is currently overseas but previously worked in Taiwan for a total of 11 years and six months or longer to engage in intermediate skilled work can only be filed by the original or subsequent employer. However, when an employer or relative within three degrees of kinship of the care recipient hires an intermediate skilled care worker, or the care recipient has no relatives in Taiwan, they meet the conditions detailed in Paragraph 5, Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers and can also file an application.