Balancing between local capital’s requirement for labor, a shrinking local workforce, and exclusionary notions of national belonging, Taiwan’s migration regime bears similarity to a growing number of analogous migration regimes globally. Often described as ‘guest-worker’ programs, these policies exclude migrants from incorporating socially and culturally, by distinguishing between migrants based on skill. This dissertation explores the reproduction and mediation of guest-worker programs within everyday life through an analysis of migrant soccer leagues in Taiwan. The project focuses on guest-workers from Southeast Asia, but also highlights the experiences of student-workers and highly skilled migrants from Europe, the Americas, Southeast Asia, and East Asia in migrant soccer communities. The empirical evidence collected through semi-structured interviews and ethnographic observation and participation within migrant soccer communities, demonstrates overlapping processes through...