Entry Application - Approval-in-Principle

An Applicant who has fulfilled the Net Asset Requirement in compliance with the Scheme Rules with the Certifying Proof for Fulfillment of Net Asset Requirement issued by the Invest Hong Kong should submit to the Immigration Department an entry application within the validity period of the said document.

If Approval-in-Principle is given after assessment from the immigration perspectives, the Immigration Department will grant a visa/entry permit to the Applicant for entering Hong Kong on visitor status for not more than 180 days for making the committed investment within the period.

To apply, please click here.

Entry Application - Formal Approval

1. An Applicant who has fulfilled the Investment Requirements in compliance with the Scheme Rules with the Certifying Proof for Fulfillment of Investment Requirements issued by the Invest Hong Kong should submit the said document to the Immigration Department within its validity period.

   To submit, please click here.

   The Immigration Department will then resume making assessment on the entry application for visa/entry permit.

   Upon completion of assessment by the Immigration Department, Formal Approval will be granted to the Applicant. Permission to stay in Hong Kong will normally be granted to the Applicant and his/her dependants (if any) for not more than 24 months on time limitation only, subject to the condition that the Applicant continues to satisfy the requirements of the Scheme throughout this period.

2. An Applicant who has simultaneously fulfilled the Net Asset Requirement as well as the Investment Requirements in compliance with the Scheme Rules and has the Certifying Proof for Fulfillment of Net Asset Requirement and the Certifying Proof for Fulfillment of Investment Requirements issued by the Invest Hong Kong should submit to the Immigration Department an entry application for visa/entry permit within the validity period of the said documents, which will be directly assessed for Formal Approval.

   To apply, please click here.

   Upon completion of assessment by the Immigration Department, Formal Approval will be granted to the Applicant. Permission to stay in Hong Kong will normally be granted by the Immigration Department to the Applicant and his/her dependants (if any) for not more than 24 months on time limitation only, subject to the condition that the Applicant continues to satisfy the requirements of the Scheme throughout this period.

Extension of Stay

Upon New CIES Office’s verification that the Entrant has fulfilled the Portfolio Maintenance Requirements, New CIES Office will issue a relevant certifying proof to the Entrant and notify Immigration Department of the result.

The Entrant and his dependants, where any, are required to submit an application for extension of stay to Director of Immigration before expiry of their limit of stay, notwithstanding the relevant certifying proof may have not yet been secured from New CIES Office. Depending on whether the Entrant subsequently submits the certifying proof, Director of Immigration will make decision on the application for extension of stay. Upon satisfaction of Director of Immigration from immigration perspectives that the Entrant and his dependants, where any, still meet the eligibility criteria under the Scheme, extension of stay for not more than three years will normally be granted to the Entrant and his dependants, where any. Further applications for extension of stay for not more than three years should follow the same application procedures.