Living in Taiwan 101 | living in taipei blog
Dearreader:ThisarticlecontainslinkstoproductsandservicesthatImaybecompensatedfor,atnoextracosttoyou.MovingtoTaiwanin2008,IonlyplannedtostayandteachEnglishforayear.But10yearslater,IfoundmyselfmarriedtoaTaiwanese,fatheroftwo,publishedauthorandeditorforsomeofthecountry’slargesteducationalpublishers,and,yep,stilllivinginTaipei,Taiwan(whenI’mnotinmyotherhome,EdmontoninCanada[1]!)Ifyouaren’tfamiliarwiththiswebsite,I’vegotdozensofarticlescoveringallaspectsoftravelingandlivinginTaiwan–myTaiwantravel...
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Moving to Taiwan in 2008, I only planned to stay and teach English for a year. But 10 years later, I found myself married to a Taiwanese, father of two, published author and editor for some of the country’s largest educational publishers, and, yep, still living in Taipei, Taiwan (when I’m not in my other home, Edmonton in Canada[1]!)
If you aren’t familiar with this website, I’ve got dozens of articles covering all aspects of traveling and living in Taiwan–my Taiwan travel guide[2] links out to most of them.
For this article, I’ve compiled a huge amount of information for anyone thinking of relocating to Taiwan for work, family reasons, to retire, or simply because Taiwan is a great place to live.
I’m going to cover everything from current visa rules, general country information, where to live, getting an apartment, finding a job, ge...