Beyond the spouse connection According to Jonathan Barnard, who has been in Taiwan for over a decade, "The passage of this law doesn't make a big difference to me or my family." The main difference is that he and his daughters no longer have to apply for a new residence permit once every three years. "But that wasn't such a big hassle anyway," says Barnard.
「對我和我的家庭來說，法案的通過並沒有太大的差別」，在台灣居住超過十年的翻譯人員柏松年說，法案通過唯一的改變是，他和女兒不用每三年辦一次居留簽證，「不過，這其實也不是什麼大麻煩。」