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Top Talent Pass Scheme (TTPS)

Hong KongTalent and merit

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Which exceptional-talent, academic, scientific, artistic, technological, cultural or other profiles does the pathway target?

TTPS applicants are not required to have secured an offer of employment in Hong Kong when applying; the scheme has categories with different income, qualification or graduate-profile routes.

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  • The capture’s category definitions are not reproduced in full in this answer.
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    Persons who wish to apply to enter the HKSAR under the TTPS are not required to have secured an offer of employment in the HKSAR upon application.

What achievements, recognition, awards, publications, reputation or other evidence establishes the required level?

For the income route, annual income means taxable employment or business income including salary, allowances, stock options and profits from self-owned companies; personal-investment income is excluded.

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  • The capture does not reproduce every threshold or verification document in this answer.

Is an employer, nominator, recognised body, peer group or government endorsement required?

TTPS applicants are not required to have secured an offer of employment in Hong Kong when applying.

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  • This bounded answer preserves a supported page statement; a full independent clause review is pending.
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    For the avoidance of doubt, the academic qualifications obtained from the continuing and professional education arms, the branch schools, the extension schools or the subsidiary schools, etc., established by the eligible universities will not be accepted.
  • Captured official page clause 3
    Persons who wish to apply to enter the HKSAR under the TTPS are not required to have secured an offer of employment in the HKSAR upon application.

Can the holder change employer, work independently, establish a business or conduct other professional activity? What is the family position?

Successful TTPS applicants are normally granted an initial stay on time limitation only, without other conditions of stay. The official source does not state the family position.

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  • This bounded answer preserves a supported page statement; a full independent clause review is pending.

What duration, renewal and accelerated or normal longer-term residence pathway is officially stated?

Successful TTPS applicants normally receive an initial stay of 36 months in Category A or 24 months in Categories B and C, on time limitation only; each applicant may receive that initial stay once. The official source does not state the renewal or longer-term residence path.

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  • The capture does not establish an accelerated right of abode or other guaranteed long-term status.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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