We don’t have the highlights...

Exactly.

It is pretty new, April 7th. The Time person interviewed me, and then talk about things, and it has a lot of information related to the thing that we talk about. The other thing is that it also highlighted on Reporters Without Borders, because the freedom of speech is kind ...

Yeah, I was just profiled on "Time," that talks about rumors and whatever, but they also put a lot of...Yeah, this is a coverage...

Yeah, sure.

In any case.

It’s the same system here, right?

Of course, all the credit goes to the assembly people?

They have to hand it to one of the assembly people, right?

Sure. That’s our working relationship. In the US, administration can’t propose acts like this, but it has to be...

Because it’s their job to pass this act. Technically, we just produce a draft for the legislators to deliberate and to pass. Once they pass it, the credit goes to the legislator who countersigns or...

What we’re saying is that we’re produced as policies, of laws, and so on. Most of the promotional work goes to the legislators, their parties, and sometimes the presidential office handles promotion.

This sounds good.

If it’s DPP’s PR team, then it’s actually not the administration’s business. It would be the party or the president’s office, perhaps.

That sounds good.

Right. Their PR machine will make it very visible.

The other thing is that once is sent to legislation, we imagine the ruling party, the DPP ‑‑ because that’s one of the DPP’s main presidential promises during the campaign. Their PR machine...

One of the reason for circulating this online consultation is just to raise awareness of the expat communities and so on so that people know this is coming. We did see this circulating on Facebook and Twitter, and other parts, so it’s not as if there were a warrant, all ...

I think it’s a pretty good compromise.

Exactly. That’s the basic idea.

...commission...Right, so they will get, if this act gets passed, a three‑year stay, and with more or less the same benefits as a permanent...

That’s...

But they work in the, broadly speaking, digital economy, which means their work transmits over online channels, basically. They produce digital goods.

Right.

Sure.

I think if you’re talking about digital nomads, then it’s mostly about the digital economy, which will be the purview of the Ministry of Economy Affairs to make such a recognition. If you fit the definition, then you automatically qualify for the special professional, not necessarily a professional worker. This ...

Finally, if you work one part of the focal industry ‑‑ high tech, e‑commerce, green energy, technology management ‑‑ then it’s up to these ministries to recognize your contribution to that area, and then you also automatically qualify, even not meeting the salary definition.

Exactly. But it’s not just the payment. You can also get...And this is what I mean by vouching. The Academia Sinica or the ITRI doesn’t have to hire you. They just have to write a recommendation letter that says you are this kind of professional, and so on.

Right, exactly. The special professional, our draft definition is that you’re in the top quarter of salaries, so professional, currently, in Taiwan, that is to say average of about this number NDD per month. If your previous job, not necessarily in Taiwan, pay you this much, then we actually want ...

...respected.

No, no. A O‑1 or O‑3 is not quite Nobel prize level, but if there’s someone that’s very...

No, it’s not. It’s not. You need to, exactly, but this is part of it, because if you qualify for a special professional, your so‑called go cart, then actually, it makes it much easier. We’re mostly talking about, it’s not quite O‑3 or O‑1 visa, like in US, which requires ...

Yeah, but if you start working for a Taiwan company, then the line, you know...

It’s a working vacation, but...

Yeah.

That’s right, so it’s just a visitor. Basically, you’re on a vacation. That’s the working...

If their bank is not in Taiwan, their customers are not in Taiwan, it just so happens they work from Taiwan, I don’t think our tax agency has anything to say...

No, it’s...

Wait a second. You’re saying that you have a US business.

You’re making an income...

That does for purchasing.

All we ask is to just pay this five percent tax, the VAT tax, which starts this May, I think.

Of course, so...

Of course.

If you’re online company is targeting Taiwan or the vicinity as a primary user base...

That’s right.

That’s right.

Of course, the legislation still has to pass it, but at least it will be for a wider circulation. So, yeah, that’s what...

Yeah, lots of change happening. You can see, there’s a lot of, huge amount of feedback that we got here. The adjusted version will probably get to the executive meeting maybe this Thursday or next Thursday, and then we will have this public announcement.

That’s right. The Ministry of Labor, actually, adjusted this a lot in response to the public’s...