A: According Article 4 of the Regulations for Exit of Draftees, draftees who wish to go abroad should obtain approval, with the following conditions:
1. The period approved for the exit of a draftee shall not be longer than two (2) years if the draftee is a student who has applied for the exit on the grounds of studying courses with a bachelor, master or doctor degree granted under cooperation between domestic and foreign universities. The period approved for exit shall be based on each program and the returning deadline shall not exceed the deadline of deferred conscription for domestic study.
2. A draftee who receives a gold metal or first prize by representing the country as a contestant in International Mathematical Olympiad (excluding Asia physics, Asia-Pacific mathematics and international science for junior high students) or US International Science & Engineering Fair and is recommended by the Ministry of Education for study overseas may exit for the study period. The age of attending school shall not exceed thirty (30).
3. The period approved for the exit of a draftee shall not be longer than one (1) year if the draftee is a student who has applied for the exit on the grounds of taking a research project, foreign studies, performance, visit, competition event, training or field practice as assigned or recommended. In addition, the return deadline shall not exceed the deadline of deferred conscription. To apply for exit on the grounds of taking a research project or foreign studies, it will be subject to twice for each program.
4. The period approved for the exit of a draftee shall not be longer than six (6) months if the draftee, though not a student, has applied to exit on the grounds of representing the nation to give a performance or to participate in a competition as assigned or recommended.
5. For any draftee who obtains the verified matriculation of a foreign country including of Hong Kong and Macao duly accredited university and department recognized by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, the exit for studying shall not be later than the thirty-first day of December of the year he has reached a full nineteen (19) years of age of conscription.
6. For any draftee who obtains the verified matriculation of a Mainland China area duly accredited university and department recognized by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, the exit for studying shall not be later than the thirty-first day of December of the year he has reached a full nineteen (19) years of age of conscription.
7. The period approved for the exit of a draftee shall not be longer than four(4) months if the draftee has applied for the exit on grounds other than those described in the preceding 6 Clauses.
Those exit conditions described in the preceding Clauses 1 to 4 and Clause 7 shall be also applicable to any draftee who has applied to exit to enter into the Mainland China area. However, those conditions described in Clauses 1 and 2 of the preceding Article shall only be applicable to any draftee who is now studying in the Mainland China area at a duly accredited university and department recognized by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan.
For draftees who apply for overseas studies with Paragraph 1 Clause 5 or Clause 6, Article 5, Paragraph 1 is applicable for conditions regarding accreditations and maximum study age.