Taiwanese citizens will be allowed to work in the Czech Republic without a permit or employment card from early March, after a local labor law has recently recognized Taiwan as an “independent judicial jurisdiction.”
The Czech Republic’s Environment Minister Petr Hladík told the press on Wednesday that Taiwan would join Prague’s list of non-EU countries whose citizens can freely enter its labor market.
This policy will simplify administrative procedures both Taiwanese employees and Prague employers would have to go through, the Czech’s Ministry of Labor stated.
It also marked a breakthrough that Prague finally included Taiwan into the list of non-EU countries where their citizens are entitled to work in the Czech Republic.
Since July 2024, citizens of Australia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Israel and Singapore were entitled to work in the Czech Republic. Taiwan had been initiated in the list last year, but failed eventually because Czech has not recognized it as a “country.”
According to the latest amendments to Czech law, Taiwan can be regarded as an “independent judicial jurisdiction” and is now included in the list.
A tripartite meeting held in mid-December last year revisited this matter and approved Taiwan’s inclusion.
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