Kicking off 2025, Taiwan is issuing six-month visas to foreign “digital nomads” to help plug talent shortages linked to falling birth rates.
The National Development Council in Taipei has announced the scheme amid a gradual shrinking of the workforce that has sparked a search for new talent sources to sustain the tech-centred, export-reliant economy.
Starting today, Taiwan, which has set a goal of attracting 400,000 foreign workers by 2032, will let what the government calls “foreign digital professionals” stay for half a year on nomad visas. As of the end of 2023, the latest year counted, 69,509 foreign professionals and 754,130 registered migrant workers lived in Taiwan.
“The launch of the visa serves as a signal that Taiwan is officially open to digital nomads,” said David Chang, secretary general of Crossroads, a Taipei-based non-profit that advocates digital nomadism for Taiwan’s talent-acquisition strategy.
“We applaud the government for responding to global trends by adopting digital nomadism into Taiwan’s talent-acquisition strategy.”
Digital nomads refer to people who can do their jobs anywhere from a laptop. They now qualify for visas in 58 locales worldwide, according to the multiple-writers blog Nomad Girl.
Taiwan has the best digital-nomad environment in Asia and has received international recognition in terms of living conditions, environment and food
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