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I gave a talk entitled 10 Steps To A Successful Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Application at WYND earlier this evening.

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy:

Historically, this cornerstone guide served as the flagship, comprehensive primer on the Hong Kong Investment as Entrepreneur visa under the General Employment Policy, walking prospective founders step-by-step through the mechanics of preparing, assembling, and submitting an approvable application. The Geeza dismantled the widespread myth that launching a commercial enterprise in Hong Kong required multimillion-dollar investments or corporate backing, reassuring applicants that immigration policy was intentionally designed to encourage commercial initiative. Case officers operated with broad, pragmatic discretion, welcoming foreign entrepreneurs who arrived with modest seed funding of a few hundred thousand dollars, secured a flexible desk in a serviced office or co-working space to protect cash flow, and articulated a credible narrative demonstrating how the business would reach operational break-even and gradually hire local staff over a two- to three-year ramp-up period.

The game has changed from an accessible, founder-friendly application process into an uncompromising institutional compliance audit. ImmD has completely retired its historical tolerance for lean, bootstrapped, or aspirational business concepts. Under post-April 2026 administrative practice aligned with TTPS Category A operational substance (~HKD 2.5M enterprise scale), securing an entrepreneur visa demands immediate, empirical hardware audited on day one: HKD 1.5M–2.0M in deployed corporate bank liquidity sitting in a local corporate bank account, an executed commercial lease for exclusive physical premises (“four walls”) disqualifying serviced offices and co-working desks entirely, and active Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) payroll contributions for 2–3 local Hong Kong permanent residents. Unless an applicant has secured formal admission into an officially accredited government incubator (such as Cyberport or HKSTP)—the sole remaining mechanism to waive these empirical prerequisites—submitting an application based on the traditional playbook of modest capital and forward-looking promises will result in swift and summary refusal.

Here are the download resources promised:

My Slides

Accredited Startup Programme Cribsheet

10 Must Have Resources For a Successful Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Application