Advanced Professionals Programme - Cultural, Sports and Other Industries - Third Round

Advanced Professionals: refer to those with professional experience and technical skills in the key industries that are in short supply. Their professions should be defined as in short supply.

2. Applicants participating in the outstanding talents programme or advanced professionals programme must meet all the following requirements: 1) Possess the professional knowledge, qualifications, or experience specified in the applicable talent recruitment programme; 2) Attain the age and language skills specified in the respective programme; 3) Fulfil the basic requirements specified in the applicable evaluation criteria.

3. Applicants participating in the advanced talents programme must also be employed or have received a promise of employment by a local employer to perform specialized functions corresponding to professions in short supply listed in the program, with a salary reaching a specified remuneration level.

The launching of the talent recruitment programme must be announced on a designated electronic platform, and such announcement shall specifically include: 1) The start and end dates for the participation in the programme; 2) Documents and information required for the participation in the programme; 3) Evaluation criteria applicable to the programme;

They must be employed or have received a promise of employment by a local employer.

4. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following are deemed as local employers: 1) Residents of the Macao Special Administrative Region; 2) Companies, permanent representations, associations or foundations which have been duly registered in the Macao Special Administrative Region; 3) Public departments or entities of the Macao Special Administrative Region, including public institutes and autonomous funds established in any form; 4) Joint venture organizations that are legally required to be established in the form of partnerships in the Macao Special Administrative Region; and 5) Non-residents of the Macao Special Administrative Region or entities established outside the Macao Special Administrative Region that have opened commercial or industrial establishment, with due registration for start of business in accordance with the Business Tax Regulation ratified by Law No. 15/77/M of December 31.

2) Establish task forces to review applications for participation in the outstanding talents programme and the advanced professionals programme, in accordance with established evaluation criteria;

3. The approval or refusal of a residence authorisation under this Law is discretionary.

They should engage in work or professions that matches their qualifications and the programme’s evaluation criteria.

1. The main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the talent recruitment programmes, as well as his / her family members, if any, must keep with the legal situation relevant for the approval of the application during the validity period of the residence authorisation, and the main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the outstanding talents programme or the advanced professionals programme must also engage in work that matches his / her qualifications.

2. Regarding extinction or change of the legal situation referred to in paragraph 1 of the preceding article, especially change in the relationship between the main applicant and the family member who has been granted a residence authorisation, or termination or change of the main applicant’s employment status with the local employer, or significant change in the main applicant’s development plan in the Macao Special Administrative Region, the main applicant must notify the Talent Development Committee through the Electronic Platform within 30 days from the date of extinction or change of the legal situation.

3. If the employment relationship referred to in paragraph 1 is not established, or if the legal situation referred to in the preceding paragraph is extinguished or adversely changed, the residence authorisation shall be revoked; however, such provision shall not apply to the applicants who have established a new legal situation that has been accepted within the period designated by the Talent Development Committee, or whose change in the legal situation has been accepted by such committee.

1. An applicant may apply for a residence authorisation in the Macao Special Administrative Region for the following family members when submitting the application referred to in article 10, or during the validity period of the residence authorisation granted: 1) Applicant’s spouse or unmarried partner who meets the conditions specified in Article 1472 of the Civil Code; 2) Applicant’s children under the age of eighteen with his/ her spouse or unmarried partner; 3) A person under the age of eighteen adopted by the applicant, his / her spouse, or his / her unmarried partner.

They must fulfil the conditions of habitual residence in Macao and other legal conditions.

1. The main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the talent recruitment programmes, as well as his / her family members, if any, must keep with the legal situation relevant for the approval of the application during the validity period of the residence authorisation, and the main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the outstanding talents programme or the advanced professionals programme must also engage in work that matches his / her qualifications.

2. The renewal of the residence authorisations of family members shall be requested by the main applicant and will depend on the renewal of the main applicant's residence authorisation. However, if the main applicant died or has obtained permanent resident identity in the Macao Special Administrative Region, the residence authorisations of his / her family members may also be renewed when the legal requirements are satisfied.

1. No fee is payable for the granting and renewal or issuing of the residence authorisation under this Law, except for late renewal as specified in supplementary regulations.