Source document
Immigration Department Review 2025, Annex: applications received and approved under admission schemes, 2024-2025 (13 February 2026)
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What the document holds
ImmD Review 2025 annex: applications received and approved in 2024 and 2025 under all admission schemes (Top Talent Pass, general employment, mainland talents, quality migrants, graduates, second generation, technology talent, New CIES, labour schemes, care workers), new applications and extensions of stay, with notes. In scope: the New CIES rows (approval-in-principle 716/625 in 2024 and 1 968/1 695 in 2025; formal approval 240/215 and 1 358/1 287; extension of stay N/A in 2024, 1 received and 1 approved in 2025). Eight were already recorded plus the 2025 extension approved; this pass adds the 2025 extension received. Other schemes out of scope.
What it supports
10 rows on this site come from this document. Each one opens with the page and the exact words.
Numbers (10)
- Applications approvedStage: Approval in principle1,695 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications approvedStage: Formal approval1,287 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications approvedStage: Approval in principle625 applications2024 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications approvedStage: Formal approval215 applications2024 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications receivedStage: Approval in principle1,968 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications receivedStage: Formal approval1,358 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications receivedPermit type: Renewal1 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications receivedStage: Approval in principle716 applications2024 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Applications receivedStage: Formal approval240 applications2024 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
- Investor residence permits renewed1 applications2025 · Hong Kong Immigration 2026Final figureHong Kong · New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
About the document
What it covers New CIES visa/entry permit applications received and approved in 2024 and 2025 (approval-in-principle, formal approval, extension of stay).
Notes Annex to the press release https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202602/13/P2026021300683.htm.
Source id hkg-immd-review-2025-annex · accessed 2 Oct 2026