Hong Kong Quality Migrant Admission Scheme
Prerequisites
All applicants must satisfy all of the following prerequisites:
- The applicant must be aged 18 or above when lodging an application under the Scheme.
- The applicant must have a good education background
- The applicant should be proficient in written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese) or English.
- The applicant must be able to demonstrate that he/she is capable of supporting and accommodating himself/herself and his/her dependants, if any, on his/her own financial resources without relying on public assistance during his/her stay in Hong Kong.
- The applicant should not have any criminal record or adverse immigration record in Hong Kong or elsewhere.
All applicants under the Scheme are required to fulfill a set of prerequisites before they can be awarded points under one of the two
points-based tests under the Scheme.
Applicants who have met all the prerequisites may choose to be assessed either under a
“General Points Test” or
“Achievement-based Points Test”.
General Points Test
- Age
- Academic / Professional Qualifications
- Work Experience
- Talent List
- Language Proficiency
- Family Background
Achievement-based Points Test
- The applicant has received an award of exceptional achievement (e.g. Olympic medals, Nobel Prize, national/international awards); or
- The applicant can show that his/her work has been acknowledged by his/her peers or has contributed significantly to the development of his/her field (e.g. lifetime achievement award from industry).
