With the recent rapid economic growth in Taiwan, political liberalization, and a successful switch to a more practical approach to foreign policy, the ROC's international status has risen, and some of the reasons used in the past for obtaining foreign passports no longer exist.
近年來我國經濟成長迅速、政治自由開放、國際地位提昇，務實外交也成果豐碩，過去需要外國護照的一些理由已不復存在。