Hong Kong New CIES

1. Residence permit24 months
2. Renew36 months at a time
3. Permanent residencyafter 7 years
4. Citizenshippossible

• Permanent residency 7 years
• Citizenship
• Dual citizenship not allowed
• Language required for citizenship

Country

Hong Kong

Program

Hong Kong New CIES

Local name

新資本投資者入境計劃

Type

Investor visa

Status

Active

Initial duration

24 months

Renewable

Yes (36 mo)

Residence by investment of HK$30 million: HK$27 million in permissible Hong Kong financial assets and/or real estate, plus HK$3 million in the CIES Investment Portfolio. Formal approval is normally 24 months on time limitation only, then extensions of up to three years. The entrant may work or run a business. Right of abode needs seven years of ordinary residence. Seven years of portfolio maintenance without that residence can support unconditional stay.

Net worth required

$3,850,000

Application fee

$242

Tax regime

Territorial

Regime name

Territorial: salaries standard rate 15% then 16%; corporate profits tax 8.25% then 16.5%

Foreign income taxed

No

Capital gains taxed

No

Method

online

Apply from abroad

Yes

Net assets of at least HK$30 million must be shown throughout the six months before the net-asset application. Only the applicant's beneficial share of assets owned jointly with a family member counts. Assets bought before the 1 March 2024 launch do not count toward the investment. Real estate that counts toward the HK$27 million is capped at HK$15 million in total, and residential property counts at most HK$10 million. A residential purchase must be one property priced at HK$30 million or more, with completion on or after 16 October 2024. Completions before 17 September 2025 stay under the older HK$10 million aggregate cap, and a residential purchase completed before that date still had to be one property priced at HK$50 million or more. The 1 March 2026 change lets the applicant hold the assets through a Hong Kong family-owned investment holding vehicle, or a special purpose entity under one, managed by an eligible single family office with at least HK$240 million under management, two full-time Hong Kong employees and HK$2 million of annual Hong Kong operating expenditure. From 11:00 on 26 February 2025 each principal and each dependant pays a HK$600 application fee and, on approval, a visa issuance fee of HK$1,300 if the limit of stay exceeds 180 days or HK$600 if it does not. A 24-month formal approval is HK$1,900 a person, about USD 242 at USD 1 = HKD 7.8476 on 9 October 2026. Approval-in-principle is a visitor stay of not more than 180 days to complete the investment. A Hong Kong practising CPA must certify the financial tests. An agent is optional. There is no day-count for keeping the permission. Ordinary residence of seven years is required for the right of abode under the Immigration Ordinance. Portfolio maintenance for seven years without ordinary residence can support unconditional stay, after which the assets may be sold, subject to the portfolio's own terms. Chinese nationality is a separate discretionary naturalisation. It is not granted at year seven, foreign nationality must be given up, and knowledge of Chinese is a factor with no published level. Entrants who are already Chinese nationals may apply for an HKSAR passport only after they hold a permanent identity card. Scope is foreign nationals other than nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Chinese nationals with foreign permanent residence, Macao residents, and Chinese residents of Taiwan. The Capital Investment Entrant Scheme launched in 2003 has been suspended for new applicants since 15 January 2015. Hong Kong salaries tax uses a 15 percent standard rate on the first HK$5 million of net income and 16 percent above that, from the year of assessment 2024/25, with progressive rates up to 17 percent if that produces less tax. Corporate profits tax is 8.25 percent on the first HK$2 million and 16.5 percent above that. There is no general capital-gains tax. Foreign-sourced income of an individual is outside salaries tax. The foreign-sourced income exemption regime for multinational enterprise entities is separate. Stored dollar conversions of the HK$30 million, HK$27 million and HK$3 million figures were left as they are: at the 9 October 2026 rate they are about USD 3,823,000, USD 3,441,000 and USD 382,000, within 10 percent of the stored amounts. No official processing time is published.

1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Application fee (USD) 30 242
   • Years to citizenship 7 none
   • Investment options updated

   Chinese language marked as a naturalisation factor with no published level, and the local name set to 新資本投資者入境計劃 (https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/chinese_nationality/Application_for_Naturalization_as_a_Chinese_National.html).