Scope and eligible criteria of the Scheme

Applicants must be:

• Foreign nationals (except nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Cuba and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea);
• Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) residents;
• Chinese nationals who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country;
• Stateless persons who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country with proven re-entry facilities; or
• Taiwan residents.

In addition, applicants should:

• Be aged 18 or above when applying for entry under the Scheme;
• Have net assets of not less than HK$6.5 million to which he/she is absolutely beneficially entitled throughout the two years preceding his/her application;
• Have invested during the six months before the submission of his/her application to the Immigration Department, or will invest within six months after the granting of approval in principle by the Immigration Department, not less than HK$6.5 million in permissible investment asset classes (except Certificates of Deposit which must be invested within the latter period);
• Have no adverse record both in Hong Kong and his/her country/region of residence;
• Be able to demonstrate that he/she is capable of supporting and accommodating him/herself and dependents, if any, on his/her own without relying on any return on the permissible investment assets, employment or public assistance in Hong Kong.

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