Not just visitors Dr. Doris Brougham, who has lived in Taiwan for 50 years, has been named a "Good People and Exemplary Deeds" representative, has received a Distinguished Teacher Award and a Golden Tripod Award (for achievement in publishing), and in 1996 was made an honorary citizen of Taipei City.
不是過客在台居住五十年的彭蒙惠曾獲頒全國好人好事代表、師鐸獎、金鼎獎，一九九六年並成為台北市榮譽市民，但這麼多年來，彭蒙惠都是以工作許可函在台居留，再依照居留簽證的期限辦理加簽。