What was surprising was that Taiwan independence groups including FAPA, the Northern Taiwan Society, the Taiwan New Century Foundation, and the Independence Alliance called a joint press conference to express their dissatisfaction with the move to make an annotation on the passports.
最令人意外的是，國內獨派團體包括 FAPA、台灣北社、新世紀基金會、獨派聯盟等亦召開聯合記者會，對護照加註的做法表達不滿。