Working Holiday Visa

Working Holiday Visa which our country (Taiwan) has signed agreements with 8 different nations around the world.

First of all, we need to understand the meaning of Working Holiday. A lot of people misunderstand the concept, thinking it's just people who travel overseas and earn money. On the contrary, the working holiday visa allows the traveler a residence permit, which one can undertake employment for the purpose of supplementing their travel funds, or simply study.

According to studies, the main purpose for a lot of young people who applied the working holiday visa, was to improve their foreign language skills. Holding a working holiday visa enables them to experience living in a foreign country and to learn how to be independent. Due to the high unemployment rate and low salary, some university graduates apply working holiday visas that they can study for a few more months to improve their English, or work in other countries to gain more work experiences even earn some money for traveling.

In order to be a backpacker, you could get frustrated easily at the beginning, unless you find a job very soon. After that, you might have a good relationship with your colleagues or you could meet some co-workers with bad attitudes, it really depends on your luck. But, no matter what you have been through, you will definitely have a great sense of accomplishment when you achieve financial independence.