Wu says the purpose of the requirement is to ensure that such families have enough money to subsist on and is in keeping with the desire of foreign spouses to establish good lives for themselves in Taiwan.
吳學燕指出，此規定立意在確保移民家庭可以保障基本生活，避免陷入困境，也符合外籍配偶到台灣新故鄉追求美好生活的初衷，並無歧視意味。