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nenemosha · Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Taipei

I was wondering if I could get some input my ARC from my old school is expiring this Monday. Recently I started at a new school and they sent everything in to get a new ARC for me.

The problem is I haven't received the papers yet to take to the foriegn affairs police to get my new one but when the school called to check in during the middle of the week they said they sent the papers out so we should receive them in a couple of days.

One of my co-workers said if it's this far I should be ok but I'm worried if I don't get the papers on Monday when I finally do get them and go into the foriegn affairs police I'll be in trouble for still being in Taiwan on an expired ARC. Is it true that as long as the ministry has sent out my papers that i'm ok? Or should I look into doing a visa run?

Pop Fly · Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 429

wix · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 250 Location: Earth

Aristotle · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1388 Location: Taiwan

Go to your nearest Foreign Affairs Police Station and ask them for an extension.
Please read this,
10 Steps to Success on Taiwan!
Good luck!
A.

Pop Fly · Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 429

Aristotle · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1388 Location: Taiwan

nenemosha · Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Taipei

I don't know what I wrote that makes you believe that I somehow have a fraudulent ARC or that I'm illegal in my search for new work??!?!

Seriously Aristotle, it's been a long time since I've been on here but now it seems that you're trying to instigate fear and anxiety. You used to have a valuable tidbit or two thrown in with your nonsense.

I was legally employed at a school which sponsored my ARC. My contract ended earlier than my ARC because my school went into summer camp at the first of July. I found a school that would sponsor me for a new ARC before my old ARC expired.

As a foreign teacher, you are allowed to stay in Taiwan due to your having been hired full-time by a school. If you lost that job or quit, you would need to leave the country. The Council of Labor Affairs interprets the Employment Services Act as allowing foreign teachers to be hired by more than one school without requiring permission of their current employer. They will issue all second (and even third) full-time applications without regard to your first school. (http://www.tealit.com/arc_transfers_and_release_letters.htm)
I know three or four people who have been through this process flawlessly but they had more time on their hands than I have.

Get the facts. I feel sorry for newbies who are looking for honest and straightforward information and they get pessimistic jaded falsifications. I normally wouldn't go off like this but it's BS like this that gave me a lot of unecessary anxiety before I came over here.

I don't know why people find the need to respond when they don't even know what they're responding to or don't know the facts 100%. It'd be one thing if it was presented as a "maybe" or "from my experience" but you talk like you were sitting there when they wrote the laws.

Seriously, find a hobby and stop trying to deter people from coming to Taiwan with your fear and smear campaign.

dvasas · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 138 Location: Taipei, Taiwan

BigWally

SanChong · Joined: 22 Nov 2005 Posts: 335

You will be fine. It sounds like your school has things under control and is handling the situation properly.

As for Aristotle, I think anyone who has been to this forum more than once knows to ignore everything he says.
I could go on, but he clearly does a good enough job discrediting himself through his own words.

You are right though that he certainly causes a lot of new people coming to Taiwan a lot of nervousness and agony for NO reason.
He should really be ashamed and embarrassed about that, but apparently he's not.

nenemosha · Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 32 Location: Taipei

Hey just wanted to let everyone know that I'm ok. My new school actually took the ball. They took all my paperwork, passport and ARC to the Foreign police and got my extension.

They just added a line to the back of my ARC (issue number, date of expiry, stamp) that will give my school enough time to finish getting me a new ARC. I have an associate's degree (2 year diplomma) with a teaching cert. vs a degree so I always have to provide more information than degree holders and it seems to take a bit longer but it isn't too bad.

I'm impressed. I've always had to do all my own running around so I'm taken aback that my school did that for me.

dangerousapple · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 292

So the Bangkok TECO is better now? A lot of old-timers will say to stay away from that office, as they are pretty trigger-happy with the "entry denied" stamp, or whatever it's called. Good to hear things have changed.

The Hong Kong staff might be rude, but they don't give too much hassle if you have all your paperwork with you. Last year I had some visa troubles, flew there, and got everything cleared up in a whopping 3 minutes (plus waiting until the afternoon for the new visa), while the people on either side of me got yelled at.

Aristotle · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1388 Location: Taiwan

Again,
Go down to the local FAP with your passport and ask them for an extension. You can get up to four months.
Please read this,
10 Steps to Success on Taiwan!
Good luck!
A.