tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post4460704740222349609..comments2024-03-26T19:47:09.310+08:00Comments on Lao Ren Cha - 老人茶: I am rather happy with this low-hanging fruitJenna Lynn Codyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-52234703302866418972017-09-12T17:43:10.006+08:002017-09-12T17:43:10.006+08:00You have summed up sea of problems in a cup. A lon...You have summed up sea of problems in a cup. A long debate has been comping up on these issues form long time but still I see no improvement. I don't know why Taiwanese government's mind is like, "we are the only one, keep everyone out". Lot of foreigners are going through the situations you have mentioned above and still they don't know what their future hold. I hope one Awais Hussainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734299915687214906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-70494554959142931552017-09-11T10:50:38.243+08:002017-09-11T10:50:38.243+08:00Huh, so the usual Han chauvinism. You can retire h...Huh, so the usual Han chauvinism. You can retire here if you are the correct race. <br /><br />There is an easy fix to the elderly immigrant issue - allow people who have held a visa - APRC or ARC - for a certain amount of time in the past access, so that people who once lived here and want to return can do so, without opening it to everyone, on the regular NHI system (obviously if one has an Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-68050893908110487602017-09-11T07:00:52.352+08:002017-09-11T07:00:52.352+08:00There are several groups who publish university ra...There are several groups who publish university rankings. They don't agree, and of course the rankings change from year to year. I wonder how this will be dealt with. <br /><br />Retirement / parental visas are politically sensitive for fear that elderly immigrants would be a drain on the health insurance system. I dimly recall that 20 years ago, they did have such a visa, but that it was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-8024344267274289172017-09-10T23:27:09.138+08:002017-09-10T23:27:09.138+08:00Ah, gotcha. I do know someone that extended his A...Ah, gotcha. I do know someone that extended his APRC for 3 years while he was in Slovenia studying but that's it. I know a foreign couple who having been here as long as I have are considering the possibility of one of them naturalizing here and giving up their UK passport and the other maintaining it so that if they ever need to go back, one can sponsor the other. Its silly to have to evenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682680368877694282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-40614333931459624992017-09-10T23:20:47.579+08:002017-09-10T23:20:47.579+08:00What I mean is, if we eventually leave Taiwan to w...What I mean is, if we eventually leave Taiwan to work elsewhere (perhaps Canada) and stay for some years as we would do if we left, eventually the government would revoke our APRC. It's debated whether you can extend your APRC for 2 or 5 years with notification if you are not in Taiwan for an extended period, but it doesn't matter - I don't know anyone who's managed to extend it Jenna Lynn Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04032277820150000198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6321329750397667796.post-86339263994776577222017-09-10T23:15:56.379+08:002017-09-10T23:15:56.379+08:00I've been here almost 20 years, I'm marrie...I've been here almost 20 years, I'm married to a local and I, like you and every other long term resident, continue to be frustrated by the inability to get a mortgage. We've tried getting a mortgage under my wife's name but we can't get much because she doesn't make enough money and the banks won't consider my income when assessing her creditworthiness. Maybe the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09682680368877694282noreply@blogger.com