| Summary: | 碩士 === 中央警察大學 === 外事警察研究所 === 103 === Due to fast transportation, widely accessible information and other modern-day attributes, internationalization and globalization have become a reality, and the migration of international population not only is made possible but happens more frequently. The world now exalts the knowledge-based economy, and how to attract skilled immigrants has become an important issue for the international community. Countries now amend immigration laws and policies in order to keep up with the trend and to draw more skilled immigrants. This way, countries not only can supply themselves with new labor force to fill the shortage caused by an aging population and a low birth rate but also can quickly elevate their competitiveness.
Developed countries, such as Singapore, Japan, Korea, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and many other countries, have adopted a skilled immigration selection mechanism—a point-based system. The system is a fair, objective, transparent, quantitative and flexible tool that evaluates skilled immigrants’ age, education level, language proficiency, work experience, years of schooling in the country they wish to migrate to and the qualifications of their spouses and etc. Candidates with more points have a better chance of becoming permanent residents or even citizens.
The thesis draws references from Canada, New Zealand and Australia where the skilled immigration point-based system has been effectively in use for years in order to comprehend the skilled immigration selection mechanism and how the point-based system works. At the same time, the thesis explores whether the existing skilled immigration law, policies and complementary measures of Taiwan are appropriate and whether the point-based system can be adopted when it comes to selecting skilled immigrants. In this thesis, 8 National Immigration Agency officers have been interviewed; they have an average seniority of 20 years and they are in charge of skilled immigration related duties, policy planning and the research and amendment of immigration laws and regulations. The thesis wishes to gain an insight into the skilled immigration point-based system with the help of the interviewees’ expertise. The information collected in the interviews is then organized and complied to make up for the lack of related literature. In the process, a discussion with regards to the policy, legal and practical sides of the topic will be conducted, and then concrete suggestions for improvement will be proposed.
A summary of the 8 interviewees’ opinions has suggested an interim point-based system be adopted for the skilled immigration selection mechanism because, in terms of its state, Taiwan is not similar to Canada, New Zealand and Australia. For example, at first, a dual-track system—a combination of the point-based system and a review committee that reviews the qualification of a permanent residency applicant—can be adopted. This way, the advantages of the point-based system’s fairness, objectiveness, transparency, quantitativeness can be demonstrated. In addition, the dual-track system can be tailor-made to meet the need of the state of Taiwan while leaving its common practice some flexibility. The interviewees have suggested, when using the point-based system, that complementary measures, such as strengthening the horizontal departmental communication in the government and a close contact between the governmental departments and the domestic companies, be implemented. Then the government can better assess what job categories the domestic industries are lacking and how many skilled workers it will take to fill the jobs. The interviewees have also suggested that alien permanent resident card applicants be assessed along with their work status, instead of their skilled immigration status so that skilled immigrants who actually work can continue their stay and contribute their expertise to Taiwan. What is also recommended is that alien permanent resident card holders be given the right to become a citizen of Taiwan and to participate in its political activities. The hope of this thesis is to draw more skilled immigrants to Taiwan and to quickly elevate Taiwan’s competitiveness.
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