Demystifying the Hong Kong Talent Scheme: Three Challenges in Applying for Hong Kong Status!

The Hong Kong Talent Scheme is very popular this year. There are three major challenges that you must understand before applying, otherwise your chances of obtaining Hong Kong status may be jeopardized:.

1. Competitive application environment

There are many applicants for the meritocracy: Although the requirements of the Hong Kong Talent Scheme do not seem too high, including age, financial, character, language and academic requirements, you only need to achieve 80 points to apply. However, nowadays the working visa extension hong kong for meritocracy is very competitive, and there are many applicants with very good overall conditions, and there are more and more applicants with more than 120 points. Many have backgrounds in prestigious schools, work in well-known companies, have very high academic qualifications, as well as patents, awards or certificates, and so on, and there is an endless stream of outstanding talents.

Importance of Application Requirements: Generally speaking, the Hong Kong Merit Scheme approval places more importance on the applicant's academic qualifications and work background. The economy of the merit scheme is essentially to attract talents in high technology industries and talents with very good cultural and educational backgrounds. If your academic and working environment background is ordinary, it may not be very suitable for you to apply for the meritocracy program.

Advantage: Advantage for applicants with the following criteria: International work experience, 2+ years of overseas work experience can add an extra 15 points; Working in a multinational or reputable company with a higher professional degree, 3+ years of work experience in a reputable company can add an extra 20 points; Graduated from the top 100 universities with an excellent educational background; Higher degree, master or doctoral degree, or double bachelor/double master degree; Engaged in Hong Kong's popular or scarce industries such as finance, technology, IT, internet, etc.. He/She has extensive working experience or senior management experience. He/she has achievements in the industry, e.g. awards, professional papers, patents, etc.

2. Authenticity of applicant's work proof

When applying for Hong Kong merit, many of the documents used to prove the applicant's achievements must be genuine. For example, if you claim to have 40 points in the Senior Management Experience Award, you must provide documents such as organizational structure, company audit report, etc. to prove your management experience. The Hong Kong Immigration Department wants to prove your ability through documents. If you fail to provide relevant employment certificates, management certificates, attestations, patents, award certificates, etc., the Immigration Department cannot determine whether you meet the talent criteria required in Hong Kong. Adequate preparation is the foundation of an approved application. Inadequate preparation may affect the Immigration Officer's assessment of you. In addition, a bachelor's degree is required if the basic qualification is a bachelor's degree. If you only have a diploma but not a degree, you cannot apply.

3. Renewal of Merit Badge is crucial

Many applicants are worried that they cannot fulfill the renewal conditions after applying for a Hong Kong talent. As a matter of fact, the condition for renewal of visa for Hong Kong talents is "ordinarily resident", which does not specify the number of days the applicant must reside in Hong Kong, nor does it require the applicant to work in Hong Kong. The Immigration Department is very flexible in approving the renewal of visas for Hong Kong Talents, which is one of the reasons why many mainland applicants choose the Hong Kong Talents Scheme. However, flexibility does not mean that renewal is easy. Once you are granted the status of an outstanding person, you will initially be granted a three-year stay visa, but the real test is the next three years + two years of renewal. While the first renewal is relatively easy, if you fail to provide sufficient renewal documents, you may only be able to get a one-year renewal visa, which is equivalent to an "inspection period". However, the subsequent renewals are equally strict and it is very difficult to obtain the right of abode in Hong Kong. Therefore, in order to obtain the permanent right of abode in Hong Kong, you must have sufficient resources and ability to support your living, consumption, work and education expenses in Hong Kong. Therefore, it is recommended that middle-class families with a certain level of financial strength should consider applying for the Hong Kong Talents Scheme.