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Real Taiwan living experiences they don’t tell you about — from a Taiwan Gold Card holder.
How is day to day life in Taiwan for Gold Card professionals?
Taiwan wants to attract 100,000 high end professionals in the next 10 years. Can it keep the ones it already has?
We keep reading about all the various foreigners that love Taiwan for its food, hotpot and people. We see all the 15 second Tik-Toks, loud youtubers and attention seeking Instagram accounts but all of that is superficial.
Dare I say fake even. What is reality like for Gold Card foreigners in Taiwan?
I will start out with my experiences. I came to Taiwan from the United States on an economic development Gold Card about 2 years ago and spent them looking to find opportunities in the Taiwanese market. For me it is an exciting exploratory mission into a foreign land, complete with a different language, ideologies and experiences.
As a Gold Carder, I am basically invited to emigrate to Taiwan. That means setting up a life from scratch. This is not the first time I emigrated. I grew up in different countries, started businesses from scratch in multiple locations.
I travel a lot. I know multiple languages, keep an open mind and I would like to consider myself dynamic and resourceful.
