Source document
Immigration Department Annual Report 2012, 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 2012: applications received (entrant and dependant), approvals (formal and in principle; parts add up to the printed total), investment total, the Oct 2010 threshold rise and real-estate suspension (event already in the dataset), 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 report64%to 2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications approved18,639 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedCategory: Cpa financial report12,391 applicationsto 2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications received26,492 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Applications receivedApplicant: Family46,404 applications2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)1,724 applications2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 129.8 billion2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved16,915 persons2003-10-27/2012-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Final 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 2013Hong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Purchase of financial assetsmain applicantHKD 10,000,000Since 14 Oct 2010 · Hong Kong Immigration 2013Hong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative CIES applications, approvals and investment as at 2012-12-31.
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 ('