Mr. Wang, who registered a Hong Kong company two years ago, has never actually operated it and has filed zero-revenue tax returns every year to keep things simple. This year, when he heard that ’zero-revenue tax returns are coming to an end,” he immediately panicked: Do dormant companies actually need to undergo an audit? Could problems arise if he doesn’t get one? This article clearly explains the compliance requirements for dormant and non-operating companies.

Mr. Chen, who runs a lighting export business in Dongguan, didn’t submit his Hong Kong company’s first audit report until last August. In the meantime, he had to resubmit materials seven times. The most critical issue occurred when the accountant pointed out that his Business Registration (BR) certificate had expired three months earlier—it wasn’t a problem with the company itself, but rather that the certificate’s validity period didn’t extend to the date the audit report was to be signed, making it impossible to sign the entire report.

Mr. Chen, who works in international trade, reviewed a slew of 2024 Quality Migrant Admission Scheme scoring guides and estimated that, under the 245-point system, he would easily score over 80 points. However, when he inquired in 2026, he discovered that all the old guides were obsolete—the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme had long since changed its rules. Starting in 2025, the Hong Kong Quality Migrant Admission Scheme abolished the traditional points-based system and switched to an assessment model requiring applicants to meet at least 6 out of 12 criteria.

Sister Lin, who works in international trade, heard that her peers had all set up companies in Hong Kong to receive payments in U.S. dollars, and she became interested herself. But when she asked agents, some said it would take three days, while others said two weeks, and fees ranged from 3,000 to over 10,000—leaving her completely confused. By 2026, Hong Kong company registration had become highly digitized, and the timeline was actually very transparent. Get the process and fees explained clearly from the start to avoid being confused by intermediaries.

深圳吴先生，去年通过优才拿到香港身份。 孩子明年升初中，他兴冲冲地问我们：是不是只要有香港身份，就能让孩子去考华侨生联考？ 答案是——不行。**必须先拿到香港永居，再办回乡证，孩子才有报考资格。**而这一步，少则7年。