Overview
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Getting There
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Visas, Residency, Immigration & Documentation
Currency and Cost of Living
Foreign Currency - how to secure a favourable exchange rate
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Taxation
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Healthcare and Medical Treatment
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Employment
Renting Property in Taiwan
Buying Property in Taiwan
Education and Schools
Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Water)
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Driving and Public Transport
Food and Drink
Leisure, Entertainment and Sports
Retiring and Pensions
Taking Your Pets
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Dan Chapman, Nangang

I am a guy from the west of England who has lived in Taiwan for more than 15 years. When I started my stay here I was in my mid-twenties; unfortunately, I have now hit the big 40. I was traveling through Asia and I needed to stop somewhere to earn some cash and some said to me to go to Taiwan to teach English. I then did what a lot of people did: plan to stay for two years, extend for one more, then another...

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