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Hong Kong visa guides
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How visas work here
Hong Kong immigration consultant licence: there is none
Hong Kong has no licence or official register for immigration consultants. A firm can prepare your papers, but the Immigration Department decides, and the Government says you do not need an intermediary to apply.
How visas work here
ImmD decides Hong Kong visa applications: what it means
Every Hong Kong visa and entry permit is decided by the Immigration Department. Meeting a scheme’s criteria lets ImmD consider you; it does not guarantee approval.
ImmD schemes
Top Talent Pass Scheme (TTPS): eligibility and extension
TTPS admits high earners and graduates of ImmD’s listed universities on income or a degree, not a job offer. Staying on depends on the job or business you build here.
ImmD schemes
Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS): points and stay
QMAS lets talented people settle in Hong Kong without first securing a job. You meet ImmD’s prerequisites, then pass the General Points Test or the Achievement-based Points Test.
ImmD schemes
General Employment Policy (GEP): Hong Kong work visa
GEP is the Immigration Department’s route for professionals with a confirmed Hong Kong job offer. Your employer takes part in the application, and your stay is tied to that job until you reach the top-tier stream.
How visas work here
Hong Kong talent visa fees: ImmD specified-scheme fees
Since 26 February 2025, every application under ImmD’s specified talent and capital investment schemes pays a HK$600 application fee, then a visa fee of HK$600 or HK$1,300 if approved.
ImmD schemes
New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES) guide
New CIES grants residence to people who invest at least HK$30 million in Hong Kong. InvestHK checks the assets and the investment; the Immigration Department decides the visa and each extension.
ImmD schemes
IANG visa Hong Kong: stay and work after graduating
IANG lets non-local students who graduate from a full-time Hong Kong degree programme, and graduates of joint Greater Bay Area campuses, stay or return to work in Hong Kong. Apply within six months of graduating and you need no job offer.
ImmD schemes
ASMTP: Hong Kong work visa for Mainland professionals
ASMTP is the Immigration Department’s employer-sponsored route for Chinese residents of the Mainland with a confirmed Hong Kong job. Your stay is tied to the job ImmD approved until you reach the top-tier stream.
ImmD schemes
Technology Talent Admission Scheme (TechTAS) Hong Kong
A Hong Kong company gets a quota from the Innovation and Technology Commission, then sponsors your employment visa with ImmD. Since 24 December 2025 the two applications can run in parallel.
ImmD schemes
Hong Kong entrepreneur visa: investment as entrepreneurs
ImmD’s investment as entrepreneurs route is for people who want to establish or join a business in Hong Kong. ImmD judges the business plan, the money behind it and what it adds to the economy. It does not apply to Chinese residents of the Mainland.
ImmD schemes
Hong Kong training visa: rules, sponsor and 12-month limit
A training visa lets a Hong Kong company bring someone in for up to 12 months to learn skills and knowledge not available where they live. The company guarantees maintenance and repatriation, and the trainee goes home afterwards.
ImmD schemes
Hong Kong student visa: who qualifies, forms and work rules
A Hong Kong student visa needs a school acceptance letter and an application on forms ID 995A and ID 995B, usually lodged through the school as sponsor. Degree students may work in limited ways, and only with ImmD’s permission.
After you arrive
Hong Kong dependant visa: who qualifies and how to apply
A dependant visa lets a spouse or recognised partner, unmarried children under 18 and, for permanent residents, parents aged 60 or above live in Hong Kong with a sponsor. ImmD normally takes six weeks once it has every document and the fee.
After you arrive
Hong Kong extension of stay: when and how to apply
An extension of stay is a new ImmD decision on your current status. Most talent, employment and dependant extensions are filed online, and you must be in Hong Kong to apply.
After you arrive
Change of employment on a Hong Kong visa: ImmD rules
On GEP, ASMTP or TechTAS employment condition, you need ImmD’s approval before you change jobs. Top-tier professionals only notify ImmD online, and stays on time limitation only are not tied to one employer.
After you arrive
Right of abode Hong Kong: permanent residence after 7 years
Seven years in Hong Kong does not make you a permanent resident by itself. You apply to ImmD on form ROP 145 to have your eligibility verified, from inside Hong Kong, with proof of seven continuous years of ordinary residence.
ImmD schemes
Hong Kong work visa vs talent visa: GEP, TTPS, TechTAS
GEP and TechTAS stays are on employment condition and built around an approved job. TTPS admits you on income or a degree and gives a stay on time limitation only. ImmD decides every file.
ImmD schemes
Foreign domestic helper visa Hong Kong: rules and forms
A Hong Kong household sponsors the helper, both sides sign the two-year Standard Employment Contract (ID 407), and ImmD decides the visa. For contracts signed from 3 October 2026 the Minimum Allowable Wage is HK$5,220 a month.
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Hong Kong visit visa: visa-free stays and when you need one
Nationals of about 170 countries and territories can visit Hong Kong without a visa for 7 to 180 days, depending on nationality. Other nationals apply for a visit visa before travelling, and no visitor may work, run a business or study.
ImmD schemes
Working Holiday Scheme Hong Kong: countries, ages, quotas
Young nationals of 13 partner countries, aged 18 to 30, can come to Hong Kong mainly for a holiday and take temporary work along the way, for up to 12 months. Each country has an annual quota, filled first come, first served.
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