Q: If migrant workers who have been working in Taiwan for 12 years were recruited and employed as mid-level technical workers, when should the arrival notice and health examination be made when these foreigners arrived Taiwan prior to the effective date of employment?

Answer:

(I) According to Subparagraph 1 of Paragraph 1 under Article 47 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of Employment of Foreign Workers by Employers, recruitment of foreigners from abroad to engage in intermediate skilled work should be made known to the local competent authority for inspection within 3 days after the foreigners arrived Taiwan. According to Subparagraph 2 of Paragraph 1 under Article 5 of the Regulations Governing Management of the Health Examination of Employed Aliens, employers shall arrange the mid-level technical workers to designated hospitals for health examination within 3 days after arrival. 
(II) For recruitment of foreigners from abroad in the engagement of mid-level technical workers with the issuance of employment permit by the Ministry of Labor, employers are recommended to arrange these mid-level technical workers to arrive Taiwan on the anticipated effective date of the employment permit, and proceed with the arrival notification and health examination as required. If under special circumstances that the mid-level technical workers arrived Taiwan before the effective date of the employment permit, the required procedure shall still be followed after arrival irrespective of the pending effectiveness of the employment permit that the notification on arrival or health examination can be waived.