Immigration to Hong Kong

Highly-skilled applicants or wealthy investors can apply for residency in Hong Kong. Point tests for skill applicants and economic contribution by investors were recently introduced by the Immigration Department of Hong Kong.

Immigration Categories

There are three main immigration categories.

Capital investment

Under this category, investors from outside must have net assets of no less than HK$6.5 million (US$833,333) to which he/she is entitled throughout the 2 years before summitting his or her application. [ [http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas_13.htm The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration Department ] ]

killed immigrants

This is a quota-based program that seeks to attract highly-skilled persons to settle in Hong Kong. An applicant does not need to obtain a job offer in advance before entering into Hong Kong on a "skilled immigrants" transfer. Two sets of points system are used to evaluate applicants. These are the "Achievement Based Points Test" [ [http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/QMAS_8A.htm The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration Department ] ] and the "General Points Test". [ [http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/QMAS_8.htm The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration Department ] ]

Family class

Permanent residents can sponsor family members to immigrate to Hong Kong. The family member sponsored by the Permanent Resident must be either "their spouse, or an unmarried dependent child under the age of 18, or a parent aged 60 years or above". [ http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas_1.htm#residence accessed 11/2/2007 ]

Notes

References

* [http://www.immd.gov.hk Immigration Department of Hong Kong]