Taiwan is to allow online applications for blue-collar foreign workers from Monday next week on a trial basis, following the launch last month of online applications for white-collar workers, overseas Chinese and foreign students, the Workforce Development Agency said.
The agency said that it would officially launch online applications for blue-collar workers on Jan. 1.
Every year, about 3,000 white-collar workers and between 40,000 and 50,000 blue-collar workers begin work in the nation, the agency said.
Under current regulations, applications have to be conducted in person or via post. With the launch of the new service, employers and brokerage firms can apply online.
To steamline and make the applications more convenient, the procedures for white-collar and blue-collar workers applying to work in the nation is moving toward a paperless system, the agency said.
If employers want to apply for a work permit for a foreign worker, they can go to ezwp.wda.gov.tw to complete the application procedure, with the screening of the application to be shortened to three days from seven days, the agency said.
The online service for blue-collar workers is to include applications for hiring permits following arrival in Taiwan and reporting departures of foreign laborers, as well as reporting foreign laborers who abscond, the agency said.
If an employee absconds from their post, their employer must currently complete a report within three days, which many employers have struggled to do.
The online report would simplify the complex procedure in which employers must report to the worker’s brokerage firm, following which, the broker must send the relevant documents to authorities, the agency said.
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