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Talking about Taiwan, they're trying really hard to attract foreign talents. If you're interested, check their Golden Card Permit. It's a visa+redisent card allowing you to stay and work for anyone there up to 3years. The only requirement is to justify of a salary of 160k NTD/month(~USD 5210/month), anywhere in the world, if you don't earn that, try the skills application[1].

And about the article, they are now requesting feedbacks from the public for the next immigration bill [2], that will make even easier to apply fo the visa.

[1] https://foreigntalentact.ndc.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=128B875DE9C...

[2] https://join.gov.tw/policies/detail/1b688f9c-5f05-47ce-ab56-...

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> The only requirement is to justify of a salary of 160k NTD/month(~USD 5210/month), anywhere in the world

I'll admit the site isn't very clear, but given that this is the "Employment Gold Card Permit for Foreign Special Professionals", do the "Qualification[s] of Foreign Special Professionals" have any relevance?

> Q2：How to prove that a candidate possesses unique talent, or outstanding R&D ability or innovation performances in top-notch basic research or forward-looking technology?

> A2：One of the following items must be provided:

> 1.Domestic or foreign certificate verifying possession of a Ph.D. degree, verification of domestic or foreign work experience in a relevant field for 3 years or more, or documents verifying academic research during the most recent three years.

> 2.Documents verifying domestic or foreign work experience in a relevant field, technology (such as a domestic or foreign patent certificate, etc.), technology licensing (such as technology licensing contract, etc.), or receipt of awards.

Any idea why there’s a fairly specific special category for neutron physics?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan

Let's hope they find the talent they need for that.

Taiwan is home to the world's largest coal-fired power station (which is also the world's largest emitter of CO2 - equivalent to that Switzerland) and just announced construction of a new coal-fired plant 40 minutes from Taipei[1], much to the dismay of residents, environmental groups, and those related to the estimated 1,000 people killed each year by the existing plants. [2]

[1] https://thediplomat.com/2018/05/taiwan-takes-a-step-back-wit...

[2] https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.6b03731