Taiwan.

Article 25(4) of the Immigration Act lets foreigners apply to the National Immigration Agency for 'investment immigration'; once approved and the investment is made, permanent residence is granted directly, without the usual five years' prior residence. NIA guidelines set the thresholds: more than NT$15 million in a profitable business creating jobs for at least five ROC nationals for three years, or more than NT$30 million in central government bonds held three years. Spouses and children under 18 may apply with the investor. Permanent residence is not citizenship; naturalisation is a separate process. No official count of investment-immigration grants was found, Launched 2008-08-01: the revised Immigration Act (promulgated 26 Dec 2007) came into force on 1 Aug 2008 (from the Ministry of Justice's legislative history).

Under Article 16(1)(5) of the Ministry of the Interior's regulations for Hong Kong and Macao residents (first issued 30 June 1997), a Hong Kong or Macao resident who invests NT$6 million or more in Taiwan, approved by the central competent authority, may apply for residence. Under Article 29 a resident may apply for settlement (registered permanent residence, i.e. a Taiwan household registration and ROC citizenship rights) after one year of continuous residence, or two years with at least 270 days a year, while still meeting the original conditions. Applicants who were formerly Mainland residents or who worked for Mainland party, state or military bodies may be refused (Article 22). Start: launched is 31 May 1999, the date of the full revision of the regulations (Ministry of the Interior order (88) 台內警字第 8871358 號) whose text is the earliest found with an investment ground (NT$5 million, art. 16(1)(5), plus a NT$5 million one-year deposit, art. 16(1)(6)); this date is inferred from the amendment history, since art. 16 was not amended between that revision and the 6 Aug 2001 text that is stored, and no separate in-force date is printed. The original regulations of 30 June 1997 are not in the Ministry of Justice database (historical texts start in April 2001) and were not found elsewhere, so the investment ground may be older. legal_basis is 1 July 1997, when the Hong Kong provisions of the Hong Kong and Macao Relations Act took effect; its art. 12 lets Hong Kong and Macao residents apply for residence or settlement under Ministry regulations but sets no investment ground (Macao provisions in force 20 Dec 1999). Threshold raised to NT$6 million on 10 June 2014. Status active: the current regulations (amended 13 June 2022) keep the ground. No official count of residence or settlement permits granted on the investment ground was found; the Mainland Affairs Council publishes only totals of Hong Kong residents granted residence and settlement for all reasons.

The Immigration Act (2007 revision, in force 2008-08-01) gives residence to a foreign investor or the representative of a foreign corporate investor whose investment above a set amount is approved or recorded; the amount is left to regulations (not stored). Launch not settled: the 1999 Act was not checked for this ground.

ROC nationals without household registration in Taiwan (mainly overseas Chinese) may get residence for an investment above a set amount, then settlement (household registration) after 1 year continuous, 2 years with 270 days a year or 5 years with 183 days a year. Amount left to regulations (not stored). Launch not settled.