To let the new immigrants understand the quintuple stimulus vouchers, the New Taipei City Service Station of the North District Affairs Brigade of the National Immigration Agency (NIA, 移民署北區事務大隊新北市服務站) went to Daguan Elementary School in Banqiao District (板橋區大觀國小) to conduct family education courses and used picture cards in Chinese, English, Indonesian, Cambodian, Thai and Vietnamese to promote information related to the quintuple stimulus vouchers to new immigrants.
The New Taipei City Service Station of the NIA explained to the trainees who may receive the quintuple stimulus vouchers, how to receive it, and related precautions. (Photo/Provided by New Taipei City Service Station)
Affected by the domestic COVID-19 epidemic, the long-term maintenance of the level-three alert has affected many tourism businesses and restaurant operations. The government has launched quintuple stimulus vouchers for the revitalization of the economy, which can be obtained by foreign spouses with valid residence permits in addition to those available to Taiwanese citizens. Mainland spouses, Hong Kong and Macao spouses and foreigners with permanent residence permits, or foreign personnel of diplomatic institutions stationed in Taiwan and their dependents who have valid identification certificates, can receive the quintuple stimulus vouchers.
The vouchers can be issued in paper form and in digital form. The digital binding of the digital coupons started on September 22, and the printed paper coupons can be booked starting from September 25. The station also reminds the foreign spouses who hold applications, investments etc and not holding dependent residence visas but have residence permits or employment gold cards, need to contact the local immigration station and provide their residence certificate numbers and the national ID number of their Taiwanese spouse. After confirmation as a spouse of a Taiwanese national, they may make a reservation for the stimulus vouchers. If the spouse had already registered for and received the triple stimulus vouchers last year, then there is no need to register again.
New Taipei City Service Station of the NIA organized family education classes in Daguan Elementary School and used picture cards in different languages. (Photo/Provided by New Taipei City Service Station)
For those who have not yet completed their marriage registration, they can bring the authenticated marriage certificate from their home country or from the regional office, may go to the household registration office in their area of jurisdiction to apply for marriage registration. After they confirm with their local immigration office, either by phone or in person, then they can book and receive their quintuple stimulus vouchers.
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The National Immigration Agency promoted the quintuple stimulus vouchers to the new immigrants in Chinese, English, Indonesian, Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese, and Myanmar. (Photo/Provided by New Taipei City Service Station)
A Vietnamese, Ms. Ching-Mei (清美) said that her friend from the same hometown just got divorced. Can her friend receive the quintuple stimulus voucher? The New Taipei City Service Station said: Before the residence permit of the divorcee is cancelled, she may receive the stimulus vouchers. Another Indonesian student, Chen Yuan-Mei (陳圓妹), shared with the students on-site that the application for digital vouchers is very convenient. She completed the binding using mobile payment, and the NT$5,000 has been returned to her.
Lin Chen-Chi (林振智), Director of the New Taipei City Service Station of the NIA, said: In response to the government's economic revitalization plan, new immigrants are requested to receive the quintuple stimulus vouchers as soon as possible. Related multilingual information and Q&A can be viewed on the Immigration Department's global information website "Border Control and Epidemic Prevention Zone/Revitalization Area" (境管防疫專區/振興專區). You can also call 0800-024-111 24-hour service available in 7 languages "Hotline for Foreigners in Taiwan" (外來人士在臺熱線) for inquiries. The NIA also reminds the new immigrants that in addition to the quintuple stimulus vouchers, each department will launch 8 additional coupons including domestic travel vouchers, food lover vouchers, agriculture vouchers, art FUN vouchers, Hakka vouchers, sports vouchers, regional revitalization vouchers, and i-Yuan vouchers that are already available, and new immigrants who are eligible may take the opportunity to apply. For more relevant information, please visit the official website of the Executive Yuan's (EY, 行政院) quintuple stimulus vouchers.
