About the National Immigration Agency
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II.Scope of businessA.Managing human migrationThe term"human migration" or "exit and entry" means that people travel across national border, including immigrants and non-immigrants. Managing human migration represents a symbol of national sovereignty, while immigration guidance focuses on the protection of human rights of immigrants. These measures are very important to any nation in the world and that is why some nations have the Bureau of Managing Exit and Entry such as Japan and Hong Kong or the Immigration Bureau such as the U.S. and Canada to handle the following areas:
1.Managing human migrationThe mechanism of managing human migration integrates the overseas face-to-face interview, the document examination and passenger assessment on the border line, and domestic face-to-face interview, home inspection, and follow-through, aimed to control the movement of the people of the Taiwan Area, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and foreigners2.Domestic managementThe 25 Specialized Operation Brigades of the NIA nationwide, combined with the local police and labor authorities, actively implement crack-down, inspection, detention, and repatriation on those who are illegal immigrants, overstayed, and in violation of the Immigration Act or other relevant laws. Meanwhile, the companies that engage in immigration and cross-border matchmaking are subject to strict management and their transgressions shall be punished to effectively curb fraudulent marriages and human trafficking.3.Convenient serviceIn the past, only six service centers, located in Taipei City, Taichung City, Kaohsiung City, Hualien County, Kinmen County, and Lienchiang County, were available for Taiwan nationals and people from the Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau who wanted to apply for exit and entry, residency, or settlement. Foreigners who wanted to apply for residency had to go the local police bureau before they had acquired ROC nationality. Now the situation has changed after the NIA upgrade its service quality and expand service capacity by establishing 25 service centers nationwide and integrating the relevant functions.B.Immigration GuidanceIn addition to processing various applications, the NIA¡¦s 25 service centers place special importance on such assistance and guidance to foreign and Chinese spouses as follows:
1.Provide the accommodation counseling and language training classes for foreign spouses and after-school services of care and guidance, and babysitting for their children.
2.Establish Foreign Spouse Protection Line, Information For Foreigner web site, and Call Center to provide telephone consultation and the Internet information for foreigners.
3.Set up Foreign Spouse Care and Guidance Fund¡Xa project of NT$ 0.3 billion per year from 2005 to 2014 supported by the government¡Xand implement eight major work priorities and 56 concrete measures proclaimed in the Measures of Care and Guidance for Foreign and Chinese Spouses.
4.Provide information concerning immigration guidance and compile Brochure of Living in Taiwan for Foreign Spouses send to Household Registration Offices, Social Affairs Units, Taiwan¡¦s embassies abroad, and foreign embassies in Taiwan for distribution to foreign spouses.
5.Upgrade the expertise and ability of the first line officers to provide foreign and Chinese spouses the most suitable and timely service.
6.Integrate civil groups and non-profit organizations to conduct publicity campaigns¡XTaiwan¡¦s culture and laws for foreign
spouses, and the cultures of foreign spouses and equal rights of different genders for Taiwan nationals.
7.Provide active services¡Xthe NIA¡¦s 25 service centers conduct home inspection for special cases and actively unearth the needs of foreign and Chinese spouses to provide timely guidance and service.C.Management of illegal immigrantsWith the rapid economic development and the effects of global village, people who engage in transnational business, travel, study, work, and marriage unendingly enter and exit the country. Combined with the relieving relations and close contacts between the Taiwan Strait, violations such as overstay, illegal employment, human smuggling and trafficking and other offences against criminal and administrative regulations derive from a considerable amount of transnational human migration. The existence of illegal immigrants has a great impact on social stability, economy, public order, and sanitation. Therefore, we carry out management of illegal immigrants through prevention, crackdown, detention, and repatriation as follows:1.Prevention
The NIA accomplish the goal of prevention by implementing measures such as enacting perfect immigration policy, enhancing immigration guidance, establishing the mechanism of face-to-face interview, reinforcing the inspection of border control, and strengthening the control of stay and residency of immigrants.2.Crackdown
The 25 Specialized Operation Brigades and other related agencies take charge of the crackdown and repatriation of illegal immigrants.3.Detention
The five Detention Centers and 25 temporary detention centers under Specialized Operation Brigades nationwide take charge of the detention of illegal immigrants. In order to provide humanitarian care and to protect human rights, the officers that take charge of detention affairs treat these illegal immigrants with care, love, and patience so that they can patiently wait to be sent back to their home countries.4.Repatriation
With the rising consciousness of human rights, one of the indicators of the national progress is the protection of basic human rights. In addition to the principles of humanitarianism and safety, the NIA streamline the administrative procedures and expedite the pace of repatriation to reduce the average days of detention, expecting to accomplish repatriation in reasonable time.In addition to the NIA, those agencies involved with illegal immigration include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Coast Guard Administration of the Executive Yuan, the Council of Labor Affairs, Social Affairs Units, and the National Police Agency. In order to have a good performance of managing illegal immigrants, the NIA devote every effort to intensify the inter-ministerial communications, integrate the resources of the government agencies, upgrade the quality of immigrants, and reduce the quantity of illegal immigrants.III.ProspectsWith the establishment of the NIA bearing high expectations from compatriots, the NIA continue to implement its original functions¡Xthe management of human migration and the detention and repatriation of illegal immigrants from the mainland China. The NIA also expand its businesses into immigration guidance, the inspection of illegal stay and residency, and the Service Centers increasing from 6 to 25 as well. In addition to proceeding with the current measures of protecting legal immigrants and clamping down on illegal immigrants, the NIA will provide care and guidance to new immigrants and help them quickly adapt the Taiwan society and build up a multi-cultural living environment together in the future.