For many parents, the biggest shock comes when they discover that once their child obtains a Taiwan identity card, its resident status on the mainland is automatically terminated. Though mainland born, the child now becomes a little "Taiwanese compatriot," and on returning to the mainland has to leave its territory once every three months.
對很多父母來說，最令他們驚慌的，是發現孩子在取得台灣身分證後，那邊的戶口也就隨之取消了；本是大陸出生的孩子，現在成了小小「台胞」，回大陸後必須每三個月出境一次。