Hongkong

• The applicant needs to have a valid passport issued by the country participating in the Working Holiday Scheme.
• The applicant must be aged between 18 and 30 and have a primary aim to holiday in Hong Kong.
• The applicant should have sufficient funds to finance her/his stay in Hong Kong. The limits for each country are listed under the terms for the visa. Submission of bank statements, savings account passbooks and the like are needed.
• The applicant has sufficient funds to purchase a return to his/her home country
• The applicant has sufficient funds to purchase comprehensive medical cover.

This visa is open to all nationalities excepting Chinese residents of the Mainland and nationals of Afghanistan, Albania, Cambodia, Cuba, Laos, Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of), Nepal and Vietnam.

This visa needs to be secured in advance and is usually affixed on a blank page of the applicant’s passport. This visa is then provided to the immigration officials at the time of entry into Hong Kong.

The issuance of this visa is subject to certain conditions listed below:

• An applicant maybe permitted to enter HKSAR on a visa for investment if there is no security objection against him/her in Hong Kong or his/her host country and if he/she has no known record of any serious crime anywhere.
• The applicant possesses a good educational background (an appropriate degree, technical qualifications or proven professional capabilities and/or other relevant experience and achievements supported by documentary evidence may also be accepted).
• The applicant should be in a position to make substantial contribution to the economy of the HKSAR.
• Overseas Chinese nationals who have People’s Republic of China (PRC) passports who fulfill the above immigration requirements can also apply to enter the HKSAR for investment if they have permanent residence overseas or they have been living overseas for a year before making the application and the said application is submitted from the foreign country.

• The applicant has to complete and submit the application form ID999A.
• He/she must submit a copy of the personal particulars page of his/her passport.
• If the applicant is currently in Hong Kong, a copy of his/her passport page containing the latest arrival stamp/extension of stay label in Hong Kong.
• The applicant has to also submit a copy of his/her Hong Kong identity card (if applicable).
• A copy of proof of academic qualifications and relevant working experience of the applicant.
• A copy of the company’s Employment Contract or Appointment Letter, detailing information about the applicant’s post, salary, fringe benefits and employment period, if applicable.
• A detailed two-year business plan which should provide information of the applicant’s company’s proposed business activities, amount of investment, creation of local job opportunities, details of the setting up and incorporation of the business including financial particulars and details about the premises.
• A copy of the Business Registration Certificate obtained from the Inland Revenue Department and business registration particulars of the company that the applicant is going to invest in or has already invested in.
• A copy of proof of the applicant’s overseas residence.

Sponsor’s documentsIf the sponsor of the applicant is a company the sponsor has to submit the completed application form (ID 999B) and also submit the the company’s Business Registration Certificate.

If the sponsor is an individual, he/she must submit the completed application form ID999B and also submit a copy of his/her Hong Kong ID card and personal particulars page of his/her passport.