錯置的離散: 台藏家庭的在台境遇

This paper discusses transnational marriages of Taiwanese citizens and exiled Tibetan spouses in Taiwan. According to the government regulation, the foreign spouse of a transnational marriage in Taiwan will be granted residency for the sake of family reunion. Because exiled Tibetan spouses are stateless, they can only be granted for 2 to 6 months tourist visa for one stay. In the name of national security, “no residency” is written to the document. Based on a review of government documents and on interviews with Taiwanese-Tibetan married couples, I will demonstrate how the policy denying Tibetan spouses of Taiwanese citizens the right of applying for resident visa is discriminatory and violates human nature.
This paper also examines the reasons why Taiwanese government and officials construct a bias in applying the problematic stereotypes of “foreign bridges” to Tibetan husband. They suspect that a Taiwanese-Tibetan family is not based on love but serves as a channel for stateless people to gain legal citizenship. By comparative analysis clearly shows that the problem of displaced family situation does not come form the stateless spouse but is the result of a prejudiced bias and wrong projection on this kind of marriage.