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香港一直欢迎外来人才来港发展，藉以丰富本地人才库，为了应对人口高龄化和人才短缺情况，香港政府在2022年《施政报告》中宣布一系列「抢人才」措施。

包括推行以高薪和高学历人士为目标的高端人才通行证计划（高才通计划），优才、IANG、输入内地人才计划，以及重启新资本投资入境计划的消息，以吸引更多高质量人才来港发展，至今已吸引超过24万不同界别的全球精英来港发展。

其中，高才通计划反应踊跃，从推出到2025年12月份，已经超过12万获批，超过10万人已经来港，而首批签证到期的3.3万人才中，只有53%的人才申请了续签，大多投身关键产业，收入可观，展现强大市场竞争力，成功吸引人才来港之后，如何「留人才」才是最大挑战。

今天一文说清香港高才通从申请到续签的全流程攻略，为你计划申请香港身份提供帮助。

01 Eligibility Criteria for Hong Kong High Achievers

Recently, there are rumors circulating on the Internet that High Talent may be canceled or tightened. If you are eligible to apply for High Talent, it is recommended to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid missing the bonus period.

The Hong Kong High Talent Pass Scheme, known as the Hong Kong High Talent Pass Scheme, aims to attract top talents from all over the world to develop in Hong Kong. The main target groups of the program include high-income earners and undergraduates graduating from the world's top universities.

Persons who wish to apply for admission to the HKSAR under the Highly Talented Persons (HSP) Scheme may choose one of the following three categories of talents to apply for the HSP: 

Category A applications: Individuals with an annual income (if applying from company profits, the income for the previous year of assessment should be taken into account) of HK$2.5 million or above (or its equivalent in foreign currency) in the year immediately preceding the date of application, with no quota restriction.

(b) Category B applicants: persons who have obtained a bachelor's degree from a recognized university and have accumulated at least three years of work experience in the five years immediately preceding the date of application, with no quota restriction.

Category C applicants: persons who have obtained a bachelor's degree from a recognized university within the five years immediately preceding the date of application, but have less than three years of work experience.

Remarks:

① Category C applications are subject to an annual quota (10,000) and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

(ii) Category C applications are not applicable to non-local students pursuing full-time locally-accredited programmes leading to a bachelor's degree in the HKSAR.

According to the analysis of the application requirements of the Hong Kong High Achiever Scheme, three categories of suitable people are summarized:

Class A fits the population:

Generally, they are elites or corporate executives in high-tech industries (such as finance, technology, artificial intelligence, etc.) with relatively high incomes, or shareholders and bosses who hold stakes in enterprises, as well as self-employed businessmen with relatively high incomes. Top corporate executives, senior practitioners in the financial industry, and founders of well-known enterprises are among the popular candidates.

Class B fits the population:

Graduates of prestigious universities with rich work experience, the undergraduate school must be the world's top schools (usually top100), and the advantage will be even greater if they are in the industry of finance, science and technology, international trade, etc., and journalism majors of the world's top schools.

Category C fits the population:

Young high achievers whose undergraduate institutions are among the top 100 universities in the world (or top 20 in the Mainland) and whose undergraduate degree is no more than 5 years old, and whose work experience should be less than 3 years.

香港高才通计划在2025年10月份申请要求未做调整，但是A、B、C 三类人才申请过程中，看似简单但隐藏诸多 “隐形门槛”。

以下结合2025年10月最新执行标准，为大家逐项拆解高才通三类人才申请要求和具体资料。

1）A类：年入250万+的高薪人士（无配额，首次签证3年）

核心条件：紧接申请前一年，个人全年收入≥250 万港币（等值外币）或申请前一个评税年度持股超50%（需要以股权比例折算）且公司利润收入≥250万港元（等值外币）。

收入构成：包括薪金、津贴、股票期权、持股≥50% 的公司利润（需扣除成本与税费）；

必备材料：

a.薪俸税评税通知书（内地申请人提供个税纳税记录）；

b.公司利润证明：经审计财报 + 利得税报税表 + 股权持有证明（整个评税年度）；

c.股票期权需提供公司出具的价值证明文件；避坑建议：某浙江企业主用“公司年营收250万”申请，忽略“利润需归个人”要求被拒，正确做法是提供利润分配协议，证明250万是你可支配的税后收益。

2） B类：本科毕业院校是世界百强大学+3 年工作经验（无配额）

核心条件：全球199所合资格大学学士学位+申请前的5年内3年全职工作经验。

大学名单：2025年1月更新至199所，内地23所入选（含清北复交等），名单依据四大世界大学排名+内地大学排名制定。

学历要求：必须是全日制学士学位，夜校、远程教育、名誉学位均不认可。

工作经验：需是毕业后累积的全职/自雇经验，兼职、实习不算，需提供雇主推荐信+社保/个税记录。材料清单：学信网认证的学位证书、劳动合同、社保记录三证必备。

3）C类：本科毕业院校是世界百强大学+毕业5年内（年度配额1万）

核心条件：5年内本科毕业于符合资格的199所大学（且拿到学士学位证书）+工作经验＜3年。

限制条款：a.香港本地大学毕业的非本地学生不能申请；b.即使有多个学位（硕士、博士），必须以“5年内获得的学士学位” 申请，如果本硕博连读，建议赶紧申请，不要等到博士毕业超过时间。

避坑建议：C类每年配额只有10000个，虽未公开过已用多少配额，但是2025年已最后一个季度，建议尽快递交申请。

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02 Requirements for Renewal of Hong Kong Talent Pass

Business owners applying for High Talent Pass Category A need to have a company revenue of more than HK$2.5 million and be able to provide proof of tax payment, corresponding company shareholding information, relevant financial status of the company and other supporting documents.

There are four renewal requirements for the Highly Talented A category:According to the Hong Kong Immigration Department's policy on the renewal of Highly Talented Persons (HSP) visas, HSPs need to fulfill one of the following requirements in order to renew their visas:

① Employment:本人被香港本地公司聘用+学位持有人担任岗位+市场水平的薪资+在港纳税等

② Entrepreneurship:本人在香港注册公司开办业务或入股其他公司参与业务+公司实际运营+业务计划+办公场地+为香港经济做出贡献（缴税/提供就业岗位）等

(iii) Non-employment mode of employment in Hong Kong:属于①的另一种方式，本人以非雇佣模式为港企工作+学位持有人担任岗位+市场水平的薪资+在港纳税+留港时间等

④ Transfers within cross-border enterprises:I am employed by a non-Hong Kong company + contract with proof that the job includes coming to Hong Kong for business + annual salary of HK$1.2 million or above + tax payment in Hong Kong for 1 year prior to the renewal of the visa + length of stay in Hong Kong, etc.

Highly Talented BC Class Renewal Requirements

The renewal of the Hong Kong Highly Talented Persons Scheme Category B\C is 2+3+3, the initial visa period is only 2 years, 2 years after the renewal of the visa, the renewal, the applicant must be employed in Hong Kong or has set up a business in Hong Kong, and the same requirements as the renewal of Category A. However, it is indeed difficult for applicants who have no plans to go to Hong Kong.

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03 How to renew the Hong Kong Highly Talented Person Category A visa without having to visit Hong Kong for a long period of time?

Some of the mainland elites applying for the High Talent Pass do not have the intention of settling in Hong Kong on a long-term basis, and the Hong Kong Government has fully taken into account the needs of this group of people. Mr. LEE Ka-chiu has once said publicly that even if the high talents live in other cities in the Greater Bay Area, as long as they work, pay tax and spend money in Hong Kong, they are contributing to the economy of Hong Kong.

Translated, this means that you may not live in Hong Kong, but you have to go to Hong Kong to work or start a business, spend money in Hong Kong and contribute to the Hong Kong economy.

Therefore, we know that if you do not live in Hong Kong for a long time, it will have an impact on the later transfer of permanent residence, after all, the transfer of permanent residence is very important to the "proof of residence", so we have to combine the Hong Kong permanent residence status approval requirements to see: Hong Kong Immigration Department for the applicant for permanent residence is the most important is whether there is no continuous usually reside in Hong Kong for more than 7 years, the length of time not in Hong Kong, and the time of absence. There is no reasonable explanation, whether the applicant has residence in Hong Kong, whether family members are in Hong Kong, whether the applicant has paid tax (Salaries Tax/Profits Tax) in Hong Kong, etc.

One of the important assessment criteria mentioned is [reasonable explanation for absence from Hong Kong]. According to the requirements of the Immigration Department, reasons for absence from Hong Kong that are related to personal career development or necessary family matters are understandable.

✅ Reason for working: e.g. Mainland company's expatriation/business trip, Hong Kong company's development of overseas market/business, participation in necessary overseas training/conferences, etc. Able to provide relevant dispatch letters, project contracts, business correspondence emails, invitation letters, certificates of attendance, entry/exit itineraries, etc.

✅Family reasons: For reasons such as serious illness or marriage or funeral of immediate family members, children's short-term study or examination outside the country, epidemic, etc., medical certificates, proof of kinship, notification of school admission/examination, notification of epidemic, etc. are required.

✅ Other reasons: e.g. health reasons requiring specific treatment outside the country (medical certificate required), etc.

Combining the four renewal routes of the Hong Kong High Talent Pass and reasonable explanations for absence from Hong Kong, it can be known that the following two renewal routes allow the applicant to explain his/her long term absence from Hong Kong on the basis of [work-related reasons], and he/she can provide corresponding evidential materials that are convincing to the Immigration Department:

1) Transfer within cross-border enterprises

Applicants who meet the requirements of an annual salary of HK$1.2 million or above, have signed a contract or work content that is linked to business in Hong Kong, have a certain amount of time to come to Hong Kong and have paid tax in Hong Kong for one year prior to the renewal of their visas, and even if they work in the Mainland for a long period of time, they only need to travel to Hong Kong occasionally to deal with work-related matters will be able to satisfy the requirements of the renewal of their visas.

(2) Renewal of self-employment in Hong Kong

Starting a company in Hong Kong and operating it independently can be realized for renewal as long as it can be fully proved that the business of the Hong Kong company operates truly and effectively in Hong Kong, has a healthy and stable operation status and potential for continuous development, and can make positive contributions to the development of the local economy of Hong Kong.

However, the first renewal route is not easy to realize, and is more suitable for companies with cross-border cooperation business in both the Mainland and Hong Kong or enterprises with both business in the two places themselves, and the annual salary requirement for applicants is also higher. Therefore, in the end, the most suitable renewal route for those whose center of gravity of life is in the Mainland A is the self-employment renewal route by registering a Hong Kong company to/from starting a business in Hong Kong!

高才自雇续签：真实经营与实质贡献构建路径香港入境处审查官会通过一系列环环相扣的证据链来评估香港公司的真实性，如果你想要最后顺利续签以及后期能拿到香港永居身份，可以按照以下路径来规划：

Month 1: Setting the direction and writing a good business plan

到香港创业，并非盲目注册香港公司，应先深入研究香港市场需求、竞争环境，确定可行的业务方向。一份合格的香港公司商业计划书需详细说明产品服务、目标客户、财务预测等，并突出对香港经济的潜在贡献。

这份计划书不仅是香港公司发展的蓝图，更是续签时证明“创业真实性”的首要文件。

Month 2: Hong Kong company registration + physical office rental

Hong Kong company registration is not complicated, after submitting the materials can be completed in about 1-7 days, Hong Kong company registration need to choose a formal organization, equipped with statutory secretarial firms such as Enterprise Caiying Group, to ensure that the structure of shareholders include the applicant's own and shareholding ≥ 50%, in order to prove the right of control.

The office address must be a physical address, a virtual address or "blacklisted address" (e.g. repeatedly used for shell companies) will be rejected by the Immigration Department. A formal lease must be signed and stamp duty must be paid. Lease agreements, utility bills, etc. must be retained as evidence of "physical operation".

Month 3: Open a public account + MPF

Hong Kong company's public account should give priority to large banks in Hong Kong (e.g. BOC Hong Kong, HSBC), and when opening an account, clearly state the "self-employment renewal purposes" to avoid the bank's risk control concerns. MPF is a statutory welfare program in Hong Kong, even if your Hong Kong company is only one applicant, you must open an account and make regular contributions, omission will be considered a violation of the labor law, and become a "hard" to renew the visa.

Months 4-8: Hire staff + sign business contracts

香港公司注册后，最好雇佣1-2名香港本地员工（申请人及配偶不计入），月薪需参考香港市场中位数（约2.25万港币），低薪雇佣可能被质疑“未创造优质就业”，影响评分。

同时需签订首单业务合同（无论金额大小），并保留完整链条：沟通邮件、发票、对公账户流水，无流水或合同真实性存疑，容易被质疑为“空壳公司”。

第12-13个月：公司年审+审计+报税

香港公司的年审和商业登记证更新必须按时完成，证件过期将导致续签材料作废。可考虑聘请香港持牌会计师出具审计报告，即使香港公司亏损，也需附上“亏损说明+更新后的商业计划书”，以证明香港公司仍在运营且有改进计划。

同时完成利得税申报，未报税将被视为“违规经营”。

1 month before the expiration date: Submission of renewal application

香港身份到期前要准备好续签材料，一般需提前1个月递交延长逗留期限。续签材料除香港公司文件外，需附加“生活关联证明”，如香港租房合同、子女在港入学记录、社区参与证明等。

这些证据能强化“扎根香港”的形象，大幅提高获批概率。

Warm tips: registered Hong Kong company self-employment renewal process, there are risk points at different stages, such as low staff salaries, Hong Kong company documents are not updated in a timely manner, the account funds and business relevance is not high, the MPF payment record is missing, address fraudulent use of commercial addresses, etc., each step needs to be carefully planned, and accumulate irrefutable "real traces of operation! Each step needs to be carefully planned to accumulate irrefutable "traces of real operation".

If you are interested in Hong Kong identity, high talent application, or need to register a Hong Kong company to start a business for development, you may want to directly recognize the QR code to do a qualification assessment:

04 Real Customer Cases

Today, we would like to share with you a successful client case of Hong Kong High Talent Pass Type A application: With professional services, the team of Enterprise Cai Ying has successfully approved the Hong Kong identity for Ms. D of a network technology company in just 2 months.

See the chart below for details.

Chart originated from Enterprise Caiying
05 Cases of some Hong Kong Identity clients of Enterprise Finance

06Services offered by Enterprise Caiying Group

Founded in 2015, Enterprise Caiying has always been adhering to the mission of "empowering every entrepreneurial dream", focusing on providing one-stop globalized industrial, commercial, taxation and business services for enterprises and individuals, covering domestic and international industrial and commercial qualifications/tax and equity/overseas identity and asset allocation/cross-border e-commerce, and other core businesses.

Details of the services provided by the Enterprise Finance Group:

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Core strengths of the Enterprise Caiying Group:

The company employs nearly 400 people, and its core team consists of senior lawyers, accountants, tax experts and business consultants. At present, Enterprise Caiying has set up branches in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and the United States. So far, it has provided services for 300,000 small and medium-sized enterprises, with more than 50,000 long-term cooperative customers.

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