Capital Investment Entrant Scheme:
HKSAR legislate the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme in 2004. It becomes
a hot topic to locate in H.K.. The objective of the Scheme is to facilitate the
entry for residence by capital investment entrants, Wingate concentrate on
helping other people to handle this process professionally.
The
Scheme is applicable to:
- Foreign nationals (except Afghanistan, Albania, Cuba and 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; and
- Taiwan residents
* We also offer Chinese nationals to obtain permanent
resident status in the third country, before applying this Scheme.
To
qualify for admission under the Scheme, the entrant must:
- 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 is
absolutely beneficially entitled throughout the two years preceding his
application
- Have invested within six months before submission of his 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 country/region of
residence; and
- Be able to demonstrate that he is capable of supporting and
accommodating himself and his dependants, if any, on his own without relying on
any return on the permissible investment assets, employment or public
assistance in Hong Kong
Process
of HKSAR Capital Investment Entrant Scheme:
- Sign the contract with paying the fee
- Provide required documents to process a Gambia or Guinea-Bissau Identity, Passport and photos (
it takes 15days)
- Process on the Gambia or Guinea-Bissau document, required certificate,
identity card certificate, asset certificate and send to HKSAR Government
- About 6-12 months can get the “Approval-in-Principle” if all the
documents achieved the requirements
- Get a 3 months visa permission from Hong Kong Government
(come and go to Hong Kong)
- Invest 6.5 million in Hong Kong, and hand in the related documents to Hong Kong Government for approval (it takes 4-6 weeks)
- “Formal Approval” issued by Hong Kong Government
- 24 months visa permission signed by Hong Kong Government
- Process on Hong Kong Identity Card Immediatel