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Vocational Professionals Admission Scheme (VPAS)

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

VPAS is for non-local VTC graduates: non-local students admitted to Hong Kong to study who have completed an eligible VTC full-time Higher Diploma programme within three academic years after admission. Applications must be submitted no later than 12 months after the graduation date, and applicants must be aged 18 or above.

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  • The captured page does not state an effective date for these criteria, and a full independent clause review is pending.
  • Eligibility Criteria
    Non-local VTC graduates refer to those non-local students admitted to the HKSAR to take up study in the specified academic years who have completed an eligible VTC full-time Higher Diploma programme within three academic years after admission

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

An employment relationship is required, with an employment contract period of not less than one year; Category B applicants must additionally furnish the prescribed proof of first-application eligibility. The official page does not further describe the employing company's own documentary duties for this scheme.

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  • The employing company's own document checklist is not set out in the captured VPAS page.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

When Category A applicants apply for their first extension of stay, they must furnish the “Proof of Eligible Employment” issued by the VTC showing that they have secured an offer of or taken up a full-time job relevant to their disciplines, at a level commonly taken up by holders of higher diploma qualifications or above, with a remuneration package at market level and an employment contract period of not less than one year.

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    When Category A applicants apply for their first extension of stay, they are required to furnish the “Proof of Eligible Employment” issued by the VTC to verify that they have secured an offer of or taken up a full-time job relevant to their disciplines, and the job is at a level commonly taken up by holders of higher diploma qualifications or above, with the remuneration package at market level and an employment contract period of not less than one year.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Holders shall only take such employment as approved by the Director of Immigration; successful applicants are normally granted 24 months’ stay on employment condition, or in line with the duration of the employment contract, whichever is earlier. The official source does not state whether family members can accompany the holder.

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    Successful applicants will normally be granted 24 months’ stay on employment condition, or in accordance with the duration of the employment contract (whichever is earlier) and shall only take such employment as approved by the Director of Immigration.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Successful applicants are normally granted 24 months’ stay on employment condition, or in line with the duration of the employment contract, whichever is earlier. Category A or B applicants who have stayed on employment condition for a continuous period of 48 months or more under the VPAS may again apply to the ImmD for extension of stay within three months before their limit of stay expires. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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    If Category A or B applicants have been granted to stay in the HKSAR on employment condition for a continuous period of 48 months or more under the VPAS, they may again apply to the ImmD for extension of stay in the HKSAR within three months before their limit of stay expires.
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    Successful applicants will normally be granted 24 months’ stay on employment condition, or in accordance with the duration of the employment contract (whichever is earlier) and shall only take such employment as approved by the Director of Immigration.

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

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