Since visits to relatives have been allowed, a decision by the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan stipulated that applications for residence for mainland spouses could only be made after two full years of marriage or where there are already children. And there is still a quota restriction of 120 a year.
而開放探親後才結婚的大陸配偶，按行政院大陸委員會最新的決定，須結婚滿兩年或已育有子女，才可申請來台定居，且每年有一百廿位名額限制。