Source document
Immigration Department Annual Report 2020, Chapter 2 (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 2 (Visa and Policies Branch) of the ImmD Annual Report 2020: visa policy narrative with cumulative or yearly counts for other schemes (GEP, ASMTP, IANG, TechTAS, QMAS, ASSG, labour importation, domestic helpers, students, dependants, one-way permits, certificates of entitlement), all out of scope. CIES paragraph: suspended since 15 Jan 2015; as at 31 Dec 2020, about 35,000 formal approvals and HK$316.8 billion cumulative investment (both already extracted). Dependants of CIES entrants are eligible for dependant visas, but the dependant-visa count is for all schemes (out of scope).
What it supports
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Numbers (2)
- Investment by programme investorsHKD 316.8 billion2003-10-27/2020-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2021Final figureUnit not printedHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
- Main applicants approved35,000 persons2003-10-27/2020-12-31 · Hong Kong Immigration 2021Final figureHong Kong · Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES)
About the document
What it covers Cumulative CIES formal approvals, approvals-in-principle and investment as at 2020-12-31 (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 ('