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Hong Kong Immigration Policy Changes – Discussion on RTHK Radio 3 – January 2015

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The timing for my most recent visit to see Phil Whelan on Morning Brew was opportune as it was just a few short days after CY Leung announced there are to be changes in how Hong Kong’s immigration policy is to be configured commencing Q2, 2015.

You can listen to our complete discussion of these Hong Kong immigration policy changes here.

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2015 Immigration Policy Changes – the Inevitable Suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

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Long past its sell-by date and way beyond the ken of its originally intended constituency, CY Leung announced the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme from the 15th of this month and at a swoop said ‘enough’ to the 20,000 moneyed mainlanders who lent the economy USD600 million over the course of the last 12 years.

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2015 Immigration Policy Changes – Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents (ASSG)

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In an initative to make life easier for the foreign born offspring of Chinese permanent residents settled abroad at the time of their birth, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, CY Leung on November 15, 2015 announced the Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents (ASSG)

This short Update offers commentary on the ASSG programme to be introduced in Q2, 2015.

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Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Enhancement Measures 2015 – What’s Up?

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The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Enhancement Measures announced by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, CY Leung on January 15, 2015 ostensibly appear to be opening the door to a wider array of top notch talent and making it easier, in the process, to manage your continuing residence for the first 7 years in Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa and the Startup visa comes into being (of sorts).

In his recent Policy Address, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, CY Leung announced the 2015 Hong Kong Immigration Enhancement Measures to the business investment visa essentially splitting it into 2 streams – the Hong Kong Entrepreneur visa and also the Startup visa.

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In his recent Policy Address, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, CY Leung announced the 2015 Hong Kong Immigration Enhancement Measures to the employment visa issued under the General Employment Policy with corresponding tweaks to the Admission Scheme for Mainland Talents & Professionals.

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Hong Kong Immigration Policy Changes 2015 – Security Bureau Report to Legco – Rationale for the New Measures

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, VG Front Page / 4 responses

More information on the Hong Kong Immigration Policy Changes 2015  front is starting to emerge.

LEGCO PAPER  LC Paper No. CB(2)654/14-15(05) c  elaborates on the Security Bureau’s initiatives in the 2015 Policy Address and Policy Agenda.

The Annex is especially helpful on the rationale for the changes being introduced and I’m starting to get the sense that it’s going to be hereafter business as usual down at Immigration Tower after all.

By this I mean these changes are going to have the right effect in not needing to worry about limits of stay and providing some transparency into what will suffice for an entrepreneur or Startup business investment visa approval.

But ImmD are looking for talent and smart business investors bringing new technologies and skills. The detail in the story is going to be very important and your documentation and argument will have to be of the highest order.

ImmD want the attract the best and you will for sure have to earn your approval. If you’re worthy of it, it will undoubtedly be yours, but you will have to go about it in fully focused way.

Heck, Startups who can finagle a way into one of the government backed incubator programmes such as InvestHK’s StartmeupHK and Cyberport’s Incubation Programme are essentially home and hosed even if they have glaring shortcomings as business investors under the Entrepreneur stream (as newly defined).

This is the first time I’ve seen ImmD (in a sense) outsource their ‘entrepreneur’ due diligence to sister organisations and to me is a clear signal that the times they-are-a-changing.

It’s exciting times in Hong Kong visa and immigration land at the moment and it’s keeping us all on our toes!

More updates and commentary coming soon.

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