A Draft Bill Allowing Migrant Caregiver’s to extend their time to work in Taiwan is now being discussed

A bill is being drafted to cater to the migrant caregiver’s advantage by allowing them to extend their time to work in Taiwan.

Since it is still on the drafting stage, there are still some parts of the bill that is not yet clear or firmly decided by its creators. One of these undecided parts in the bill is the determination of the allowable extension period for the migrant caregivers.




Based on the Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee and other lawmakers, the bill being drafted should not contain an extension period exceeding 15 years for foreign caregivers to work in Taiwan.

Based on the current law Article 52 in the Employment Service Act, all foreign workers are not permitted to work in Taiwan for more than 12 years, accumulatively. The migrant caregivers are given an exemption to that rule. They are allowed an extension of not exceeding 2 years under certain situations.

Some lawmakers proposed an allowable extension of 6 years for the foreign caregivers in Taiwan while some proposed that the time limit should be completely abolished just like in Hong Kong.




As many lawmakers are still expressing their opinions as to the appropriate extension period for migrant caregivers, the bill is still in the drafting process and will still undergo various revisions.

Based on the statement of the director of the Workforce Development Agency Huang Chiu-Kuei, the lawmakers should thoroughly plan for the appropriate period of allowable extension to migrant caregivers because their decision will greatly impact the care industry in the country for a long period. He also said that the decision should also be based on the immigration law in the country.