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The licence in Chinese Taipei economy is when an individual passes the tests publicly and obtains a certificate of certain professional skills. The critical problem from 1995 was the validity of the licence itself and the degree to which it is accepted by the government and business world. The government has addressed the problem by setting up recognition standards between licences/certificates and academic records, by revising the codes which allow the license/certificate holders to work as government officials and designing a promotion system for the license/certificate holders who work as government officials. The latter two are still being worked on. This paper investigates applied foreign language majors' opinions and thoughts about the skill certification and licentiate system after they took the English Proficiency Test held by the Business Education Association of the Chinese Taipei economy. This study reveals that students are anxious to see the improvement of the skill certificate and licentiate system. It also concludes that gaps need to be addressed by putting new skill certificates into place.