Q: If a foreign worker will have worked in Taiwan for 6 consecutive years only at the expiration of current term of employment, can the employer apply for the worker to be designated an intermediate skilled worker from the end of the original employment period pursuant to Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1, Article 43 of the Regulations on the Permission and Administration of the Employment of Foreign Workers?

Answer:

Yes, the employer (original employer and new employer) is required to apply to the ministry 2 to 4 months before the expiration of the current employment permit, requesting that a foreign worker who will have worked continuously for 6 years or more or one who will have worked an accumulated 6 years or more for the same employer, at the end of the employment period, be redesignated an intermediate skilled worker with an intermediate skilled work employment permit issued when the original employment period ends.
Moreover, prior to the ministry issuing an intermediate skilled employment permit, the foreign worker is not permitted to engage in Category 3 work for foreign nationals.