New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme 

• Chinese nationals who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country, Chinese residents of Taiwan, Macao Special Administrative Region residents, or foreign nationals^.
• Age: Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of applying for net asset assessment.
• Net assets: Applicant should demonstrate to the satisfaction of director-general of investment promotion that he has net assets or net equity (including the respective portion of jointly-owned assets or equity with the applicant’s family member(s)* which is absolutely beneficially entitled to the applicant) to which he is absolutely beneficially entitled with a market value of not less than HK$30 million net (or equivalent in foreign currencies) throughout the six months preceding the date he lodged his application for net asset assessment of the scheme.
• Demonstrate that there is no adverse immigration record and compliance with normal immigration and security requirements.
• Capable of supporting and accommodating themselves and their dependants, if any, in Hong Kong.

^Nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba, and Democratic People's Republic of Korea are excluded. The list of excluded countries/regions will be reviewed by the Security Bureau/Immigration Department from time to time. Stateless persons who have obtained permanent resident status in a foreign country with proven re-entry facilities will be eligible under the Scheme.
*Family member means “member of family” as defined in section 4 of schedule 16E to the inland revenue ordinance (cap. 112 of the laws of Hong Kong).

• Applicants are required to engage a Certified Public Accountant (practising) at their own cost to assist in demonstrating their fulfillment of the net asset requirement and submit an application and relevant documents to the New CIES Office.
• Upon verification that the applicant has fulfilled the new asset requirement, the New CIES Office will issue a relevant certifying proof to the applicant and notify the Director of Immigration (DoI) of the results.
  
• If Approval-in-Principle is given after assessment by the DoI, the applicant must enter Hong Kong on visitor status for not more than 180 days for making the committed investment within the period.
  
• Upon the applicant’s completion of making the committed investment within the specified investment timeframe, the applicant is required to approach New CIES Office for verifying whether he has fulfilled the investment requirements. Upon New CIES Office’s verification that the applicant has fulfilled the investment requirements, New CIES Office will issue a relevant certifying proof to the applicant and notify Dol of the result.
  
• The applicant is required to submit the relevant certifying proof to Dol within the validity period of the certifying proof. Upon receiving the "Formal Approval", 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 and must apply for an extension of stay to the DoI before expiry of their limit of stay.
  
• Entrants are required to annually demonstrate their fulfillment of the portfolio maintenance requirements of the Scheme. The entrants and their dependants, if any, may apply to become permanent residents of Hong Kong after a period of continuous ordinary residence in Hong Kong of not less than 7 years; or if the entrants are unable to fulfill the continuous ordinary residence requirement while continuously satisfying the portfolio maintenance requirements under the Scheme for not less than 7 years, the entrants may apply to Dol for unconditional stay.

• Invest a minimum of HK$30 million net (or equivalent in foreign currencies) in permissible investment assets.
  
• Among which, invest a minimum of HK$27 million in any of the following:
  1.  Permissible Financial Assets
  > Equities, debt securities, certificates of deposit, subordinate debt;
  > Eligible collective investment schemes; or
  > Ownership interest in limited partnership funds registered under the Limited Partnership Fund Ordinance*
  
  2. Real estate (subject to a cap of HK$15 million, among which the cap on residential real estate remains at HK$10 million) ^#
• Separately, a minimum of HK$3 million must be invested in the CIES Investment Portfolio to support the development of innovation and technology industries and other strategic industries that are beneficial to the long-term development of Hong Kong's economy.
  
  *The total investment amount of ownership interest in private limited partnership funds and private open-ended fund companies under the eligible collective investment schemes mentioned in this paragraph, is subject to an aggregate cap of HK$10 million.
  
  ^#For real estate (both non-residential real estate and residential real estate) with the date of completion of the purchase before 17 September 2025, their total investment amount which is counted towards the fulfillment of minimum investment threshold is still subject to an aggregate cap of HK$10 million.

• Entrants must deposit their permissible financial assets into a designated account operated by an eligible financial intermediary and use the designated account exclusively for the transaction of permissible financial assets.
• The committed investment must not be reduced during the permitted stay in Hong Kong under the Scheme.
• Cash dividend income or interest income arising directly from the permissible financial assets can be withdrawn at any time from the designated account. However, entrants are not entitled to charge, assign or create any interests in favour of a third party in any permissible financial assets held in the designated account (including accrued income).
• Any investment appreciation cannot be withdrawn during the permitted stay but switching between permissible investment assets is allowed. Entrants are not required to top up the value of their investment in permissible investment assets to make up for any losses incurred. If the entrants dispose of or redeem the value of the permissible financial assets which qualify under the Scheme, they must reinvest an amount not less than the entire market value of those permitted financial assets in permissible investment assets within a specified period to continue to be eligible and to qualify under the Scheme.