Source document
Immigration Department Annual Report 2011, Chapter 1 (English web edition)
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 9 Oct 2026
Reviewed. Everything in it that belongs in the tables has been taken.
What the document holds
Chapter 1 of the ImmD annual report (Visa and Policies): admission schemes and statistics for visitors, employment, talent schemes, students, dependants, one-way permits, right of abode etc. (out of scope) and a section on the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme. CIES section, as at 31 Dec 2011: applications received (entrant and dependant), approvals (formal and in principle), investment $94.9bn (printed twice), the Oct 2010 threshold rise to $10m and suspension of real estate (event already in the dataset from hkg-isd-pr-cies-amended-2010), a planned 2013 review, and the CPA-report count and share. Main figures were already recorded; this pass adds the CPA count and share. Rules restated from other sources are now recorded from this document too (decision 8).
What it supports
10 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (8)
- Applicant shareApplicant: Main · Category: Cpa financial report62%to 2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications approved15,417 applications2003-10-27/2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Cpa financial report8,019 applicationsto 2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications received19,984 applications2003-10-27/2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedApplicant: Family35,823 applications2003-10-27/2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)2,306 applications2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 94.9 billion2003-10-27/2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved13,111 persons2003-10-27/2011-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
Rules and prices (2)
- Investment in property or financial assetsmain applicantHKD 6,500,000Oct 2003 – 13 Oct 2010 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Hong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Purchase of financial assetsmain applicantHKD 10,000,000Since 14 Oct 2010 · Hong Kong Immigration 2012Hong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative CIES applications, approvals and investment as at 2011-12-31.
Notes Official annual report (HTML). The CIES paragraph gives cumulative figures since the scheme opened on 27 Oct 2003. Amounts are in Hong Kong dollars ('