Talkng Taiwan: Tom Fifield of Taiwan Gold Card: What the Gold Card Is and Why You Would Want One
We met Tom Fifield of Taiwan Gold Card when he was in New York City at Passport to Taiwan in May. The Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office had a booth there and he stopped by the Talking Taiwan podcast studio, but the recording conditions were less than ideal since we had a very loud generator nearby. We re-recorded the interview remotely a few months later. Tom talked about how he later became a gold card holder, what he enjoys about living in Taiwan and later became a citizen of Taiwan Tom Fifield works for the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office at Taiwan’s National Development Council. His main role is to lead a whole-of-government task-force to improve Taiwan’s migration and foreign investment environment.
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Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
How Tom is from Australia and what brought him to Taiwan initially
How Tom decided to move to Taiwan and to get Taiwan citizenship
The myth that foreigners who apply for Taiwan citizenship have to renounce their other citizenship
What Tom finds so livable about Taiwan
How Tom became a gold card holder and involved with the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office
Where the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office is located
The 10 industries eligible to apply for the Taiwan Employment Gold Card
Why someone should consider applying for the Taiwan Employment Gold card
The most difficult thing about applying for a Taiwan Employment Gold Card
What the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office does and offers
The Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office’s email address: help@taiwangoldcard.tw
How the Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office opened in 2020 during COVID
How Taiwan was one of the few places in the world to have a net migration increase in 2020 during the COVID pandemic
What Taiwan Employment Gold Card holders have gone on to do and work on
How Tom also helps others to become naturalized citizens of Taiwan
Other options for those who don’t qualify for the Taiwan Employment Gold Card
Related Links:
Australian IT expert says Taiwan is no ‘ghost island’ (an article from Taiwan News about Tom Fifield): https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4391842
Taiwan Employment Gold Card website: https://goldcard.nat.gov.tw/en/
Academica Sinica: https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en
The website that Tom created to help others interested in Taiwan citizenship: https://citizenship.tw/
Taiwan’s Presidential Office: https://english.president.gov.tw/
Michael Fahey of Forward Taiwan Talks About the Gold Card Program (Episode 182): https://talkingtaiwan.com/michael-fahey-of-forward-taiwan-talks-about-the-gold-card-program-ep-182/
Passport to Taiwan 2023: U.S. Largest Taiwan Festival is Back in Union Square! (Episode 239): https://talkingtaiwan.com/passport-to-taiwan-2023-u-s-largest-taiwan-festival-is-back-in-union-square-ep-239/
Taiwan’s Response to the Coronavirus: An Interview with Dr. Brian Chang (Episode 70): https://talkingtaiwan.com/taiwans-response-coronavirus-interview-dr-brian-chang/
Richard Wang Announcer of Taiwan Baseball Games: First Pro Sports Since Covid-19 Pandemic (Episode 77): https://talkingtaiwan.com/richard-wang-announcer-of-taiwan-baseball-games-ep-77/
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