Source document
Immigration Department Annual Report 2015, Chapter 1 (English web edition)
Has everything in it been taken?
CompleteReviewed 8 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: suspended since 15 Jan 2015; as at 31 Dec 2015, 28,243 formally approved, 1,345 with approval-in-principle, investment up to $243.6bn. All three numbers were already recorded; nothing else in scope.
What it supports
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Numbers (3)
- Approvals-in-principle outstanding (stock)1,345 applications2015-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2016Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Investment by programme investorsLimit: HKD 243.6 billion2003-10-27/2015-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2016Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved28,243 persons2003-10-27/2015-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2016Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative CIES formal approvals, approvals-in-principle and investment as at 2015-12-31 (scheme suspended since 15 Jan 2015).
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 ('