Important Message:
The Capital Investment Entrant Scheme has been suspended since 15 January 2015, while the New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme was launched on 1 March 2024.
- An application for a visa/entry permit to enter the HKSAR for residence under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme may be considered if:
- the applicant is at the age of 18 or above when applying for entry under the Scheme;
- the applicant has net assets of not less than HK$10 million to which he/she is absolutely beneficially entitled throughout the two years preceding his/her application;
- the applicant has invested within six months before 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$10 million in permissible investment asset classes (except Certificates of Deposit which must be invested within the latter period);
- the applicant has no adverse record both in the HKSAR and country/region of residence; and
- the applicant is able to demonstrate that he/she is capable of supporting and accommodating himself/herself and his/her dependants, if any, on his/her own without relying on any return on the permissible investment assets, employment or public assistance in the HKSAR.
- Please click here and refer to Form ID(E) 968 “Rules for the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme” for details.
- The Scheme is applicable to:
- foreign nationals (except nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba and Democratic People's Republic of Korea);
- 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; and
- Taiwan residents.
- Entrants admitted under this Scheme may bring in their spouse or the other party to a same-sex civil partnership, same-sex civil union, “same-sex marriage”, opposite-sex civil partnership or opposite-sex civil union entered into by him/her in accordance with the local law in force of the place of celebration and with such status being legally and officially recognised by the local authorities of the place of celebration Note 1, and unmarried dependent children under the age of 18. Please see paragraphs 76 - 81 below.