New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme in Hong Kong in 2026

The New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (New CIES) is Hong Kong's current capital-investor residence framework. It launched in 2024 and is distinct from the legacy Capital Investment Entrant Scheme suspended in 2015.

Net assets

An applicant must generally demonstrate to Invest Hong Kong that the applicant has qualifying net assets or net equity with a market value of at least HK$30 million net throughout the six months preceding the Net Asset Assessment application.

Investment requirement

The applicant must also make at least HK$30 million net of committed investment in permissible investment assets under the current Scheme Rules.

The process involves InvestHK verification and Immigration Department immigration assessment. Approval-in-principle can permit a limited period to complete the committed investment before formal residence approval.

A New CIES entrant may take employment, hold office, be self-employed or establish/join a business during the permitted stay. Permanent residence remains a separate ordinary-residence analysis.

Practical safeguards

Immigration approval is discretionary. Immigration permission does not replace company, employment, tax, investment, professional-licensing or other regulatory requirements.

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