Dear Serena:Don't know if you were back to Taiwan or not.  However, I do wish the Year of Snake is the year for your transformation from a daeemrr to a doer.I agree with you that Taiwan is very unfriendly to foreigners. The government has known this stupid policy for a long time but seems unable to do anything about it.  It hurts me when I see Taiwan's failure to attract more international talent due to the outdated and election oriented labor protection policy.  Taiwan will deem to become a second class country if we could not attract and keep international talent.  I always advocate a HK style immigration policy to welcome any foreigners who have certain special trade credential and can find a job here in Taiwan. The goal is to welcome foreigners to settle down and start a business here, not to set the stringent regulation and compliance to keep them off.  If HK with such a high density of population can do it, why Taiwan cannot do it.  Besides, Taiwan will face negative population growth with next 3 years due to the low birth rate.  We need to figure out a way to be more globally competitive.  How to attract and keep these global citizens is the most effective way.Well, I don't spend time on things that I could not control.  Therefore, I would recommend you to follow your heart and just do it. It would be a loss if Taiwan could not keep creative people like. Happy Chinese New Year,Ping