The full name of "Hong Kong Professionals" is Hong Kong's Mainland Talent Introduction Program. As one of the three major ways for mainland residents to plan their Hong Kong identity, it has no quota restrictions, no investment, no risk, low cost, high success rate and other attributes. favored.
Generally speaking, applicants only need to meet the following three conditions:
① Have been confirmed to be employed, and the job is related to their academic qualifications or work experience, and local people cannot be easily found;
② The salary and benefits are consistent with the market level If;
③ Have a good educational background, technical qualifications or proven professional experience.
According to statistics from the Hong Kong Immigration Department, a total of 9,065 applicants were successfully approved for Hong Kong status through this channel in 2021, which increased by 29.6% year-on-year.
Facing the demographic challenges of an aging population and a declining labor force, Hong Kong is currently urgently seeking to supplement the local labor force with foreign talents, professionals and entrepreneurs to build Hong Kong's human capital.
Therefore, Hong Kong has successively relaxed the procedures and stay arrangements for people who apply to come to Hong Kong through professionals to facilitate professionals and entrepreneurs to come and stay in Hong Kong.
Relaxation of the period of stay model
Relaxation of the period of stay model from 1+2+2+3 years to +3+3 year;
Relaxation of the period of stay model for qualified top talents from 1+2+2+3 year, changed to +6 year; the extended period of stay is not subject to other stay conditions. A series of specific convenience measures launched by Convenience measures for the hiring company
No.1
If the hiring company has a non-local employee who has been approved for a work visa/entry permit within 8 months before submitting a new application, the company will then apply for a new work visa/entry permit. When two people apply, does not need to submit the following application documents:
business registration certificate ;
documents proving the company’s economic status;
company background details;
business plan (such as business activities, operating model and funding sources).
No.2
In case of internal transfer within the company (the transferee comes from the employing company's office outside Hong Kong) and the relevant application meets the following requirements, does not need to submit a local recruitment work certificate.
The relevant positions are managerial or professional positions;
The relevant transferred personnel have worked in the company for no less than one year;
The relevant salary and welfare conditions are equivalent to the market level at that time;
Compared with the total number of employees and the nature of the business of the company, the company is The number of people sponsored for internal transfer at any one time must be reasonable.
Convenient measures for applicants
No.1
The applicant is employed by a large-scale company and has an annual salary of HKD 2 million or more (a complete set of salary and benefit conditions including housing allowance and other fringe benefits), not required Submit proof of local recruitment work, academic qualifications and work experience . No.2
Applicants holding a bachelor's degree or above awarded by internationally renowned universities are not required to submit proof of local recruitment work and proof of work experience.
Internationally renowned universities Universities/institutions that are among the top 100 in one of the following four recognized university rankings:
Times Higher Education World University Rankings;
QS World University Rankings ;
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Ranking of World Universities;
U.S. News and World Report's Best Global Universities Ranking;
U.S. News and World Report's National Liberal Arts University Ranking of the Top 30 Institutions.
No.3
If the applicant has been approved to apply according to the following policies/plans (except for dependent applications), does not need to submit proof of academic qualifications and work experience.
general employment policy (employment or investment category );
Mainland talent import program;
Technology Talent Entry Program ;
Excellent Talent Entry Program .
However, please note that despite the above convenience measures, the Immigration Department may still require the employing company or applicant to submit relevant supporting documents depending on individual circumstances.
These favorable measures are not necessarily long-term policies and may change at any time. In the future, we don’t know whether the application for Hong Kong professionals will be lenient or tight. However, what we can be sure of is that Hong Kong identity planning should be done sooner rather than later.
Taking children’s education as an example, if you want to obtain permanent resident status to give your children an advantage when taking the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Joint Entrance Examination and DSE examination, it will take at least .5-1 years (application time) + 7 years (time to transfer to permanent residence) ). If you wait until your child's second or third year of high school to plan for Hong Kong identity, it will definitely be too late. What are the requirements to apply for Hong Kong’s Mainland Talent Admission Scheme (Professionals)?
Applicants are required to
☑ have no criminal record or bad immigration record;
☑ have a bachelor's degree or have good technical qualifications, proven professional skills/relevant experience and achievements;
☑ The applicant has indeed been hired by the company, And it proves that local Hong Kong talents cannot be found for this position; the salary and benefits of
☑ are roughly the same as those in the Hong Kong professional market.
Hong Kong company requirements
☑ must be a company registered in Hong Kong;
☑ must prove that it is needed for company operation or research, and the applicant needs to be hired to promote the company's development and improve competitiveness;
☑ has local employees, and the number of employees is The restriction generally depends on the number of people in the company who pay Mandatory Provident Fund ;
☑ The employed company does have this vacancy. What materials should be prepared in advance for ? Entry application forms and documents that applicants must submit
What is the application process?
☑ Prepare materials and submit them to the Immigration Department;
☑ Obtain the file number (within 1-4 weeks after submitting the materials);
☑ Obtain the approval document from the Hong Kong Immigration Department (the Immigration Department review takes about 3-6 months, and there may be an interval between Supplementary materials are required);
☑ Obtain visa;
☑ Apply for Hong Kong ID card .
If you are interested in applying for Hong Kong identity, you can click the [link] below to take the qualification test. It only takes 30 seconds to know whether you meet the application requirements.
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