How to apply for a stay visa and move to Hong Kong?

You also need to apply for a visa in advance to go to Hong Kong from the mainland, so there is a question. What kind of visa should I apply for to go to Hong Kong? And what kind of visa did you apply for when you moved to Hong Kong? The following is the relevant introduction.

Visa type

Business visa

Employees of enterprises and institutions who have been put on record may issue endorsements once every three months, repeatedly every three months, and repeatedly every 1 year, and each stay in Hong Kong or Macao shall not exceed 7 days.

Unregistered personnel of enterprises, institutions and individual industrial and commercial households shall issue endorsements every three months and stay in Hong Kong or Macao for no more than seven days.

People who drive special vehicles to and from Guangdong Province and Hong Kong or Macao may issue multiple endorsements for three months or 1 year, and each stay in Hong Kong or Macao shall not exceed seven days.

Tourist visa (G/L sign

Personal travel sign (G sign) ※

So far, 49 cities in 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) have carried out individual tours to Hong Kong and Macao.

Including: Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Shenyang, Dalian, Changchun, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Taizhou, Hefei, Fuzhou (limited to urban areas, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Nanchang, Jinan, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangdong, Nanning, Haikou and Guangdong.

The above-mentioned urban residents can apply for G visa when they travel to Hong Kong, including three-month endorsement, three-month endorsement, 1 year endorsement, 1 year endorsement, and 1 year endorsement (individual pilot cities, each stay in Hong Kong shall not exceed 7 days;

Residents who are not in the above cities can go to Hong Kong and Macao by applying for group tourist visas, family visit visas, business visas and stay visas.

Sign of group tour (L sign) ※

Non-49 city residents who want to travel to Hong Kong should apply for group tourist visas, mainly including once every three months, twice every three months, once every/kloc-0 and twice every year, and each stay in Hong Kong should not exceed 7 days.

Under special circumstances stipulated by the State Administration for Exit-Entry, an endorsement may be issued every three months, and each stay in Hong Kong shall not exceed three days.

Visiting visa (T-sign

A tourist visa, as its name implies, is a visa issued to people visiting relatives in Hong Kong or Macao.

There are three types: 1 once a month, once every three months and many times every three months. There is no time limit for those who have multiple endorsements.

Visiting spouses and parents (including spouses' parents and children) can issue one or more endorsements every three months, and they can stay in Hong Kong or Macao for no more than 14 days every three months; Multiple endorsements for 3 months, and stay in Hong Kong or Macao for no more than 90 days from the date of first entry.

Visit brothers and sisters, issue an endorsement every three months, and stay in Hong Kong or Macao for no more than 14 days.

The staff of the Commissioner's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong and Macao and the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong and Macao, as well as the mainland relatives of the cadres of the China People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong and Macao, apply for visiting relatives in Hong Kong and Macao, issue multiple round-trip endorsements for three months, and stay in Hong Kong and Macao for no more than 90 days from the date of first entry.

Stay visa (D mark)

State organs shall issue passes to persons and their families who have been approved by the relevant departments of Hong Kong or Macao to study, find employment, live and train in Hong Kong or Macao. The stay endorsement is multiple endorsements, and the exit validity period is issued according to the approval period of the relevant departments of Hong Kong or Macao.

Note: Hong Kong work visas and study visas are classified as D stay visas. The validity period of the first batch of work visas is two years, and the validity period of study visas depends on the academic system applied by the applicant. The validity period of general graduate students is 12 months, and spouses and unmarried children under 18 can apply together with the main applicant.

Other (q symbol)

You can issue an endorsement every three months according to the reasons, or you can issue an endorsement twice every three months; Once or twice a year; Each stay in Hong Kong or Macau shall not exceed 14 days.

How to apply for a stay visa (D to move to Hong Kong)

Generally speaking, there are three ways for mainlanders to apply for D visa in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Talents Scheme, Hong Kong Professionals Scheme and Hong Kong Postgraduate Education Scheme.

The most popular Hong Kong talent scheme for mainland residents. The Hong Kong Talent Plan is a way for skilled immigrants to Hong Kong. As long as you get 80 points in the scoring system of the Hong Kong Immigration Department, you can apply.

Since the launch of Hong Kong Youcai in June 2006, 765,438+027 applicants have been allocated school places, of which 86% are from the Mainland. Since the year of approval, 874 applicants have been assigned to * * *, and 65,438+0,709 applicants have been assigned to * * *, an increase of 96%.

With the number of applicants increasing from 1000 to 2000, the threshold for applying for talents in Hong Kong will be relaxed again, and the number of applicants will soar.

At present, talents from Hong Kong are the best way for mainland residents to immigrate to Hong Kong. Let's look at the specific application conditions:

Application requirements

The applicant must be 18 years old or above.

Have good academic qualifications and economic ability, and meet the scoring requirements of one of the two scoring systems.

Good reading and writing skills in Chinese or English (spoken Chinese refers to Mandarin or Cantonese)

/kloc-spouses and unmarried children under 0/8 can accompany them.

Mode 1: grade scoring system

The applicant has won outstanding achievement awards (such as Olympic medals, Nobel prizes, national or international awards, or

Applicants can prove that their work has been recognized by their peers, or that they have made significant contributions to the development of their industry (for example, they have been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award).

The score is full or zero.

Mode 2: Comprehensive Scoring System

The highest score is 225, and the qualified score is 80.

Scoring items include: age, education or professional qualification, language ability, work experience, talent list and family background.

After successfully applying for talents from Hong Kong, you can get the temporary id card of Hong Kong. After seven years, as long as you have a stable residence in Hong Kong, you can get a formal identity card.