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Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme

The Top Talent Pass Scheme provides a time-limited admission route for high-income applicants and eligible graduates of designated top universities. The applicable category determines the income, work-experience and graduation-timing evidence required.

Reference timeline1–3 months
Eligibility or fundsCategory A income or Category B/C university profile
Residence requirementExtension depends on employment, business or qualifying activity
Status outcomeTalent admission route
Family assessmentEligible family may be included
Reference travel access172 countries and regions

What is the Hong Kong Top Talent Pass Scheme?

The Top Talent Pass Scheme provides a time-limited admission route for high-income applicants and eligible graduates of designated top universities. The applicable category determines the income, work-experience and graduation-timing evidence required.

JK GLOBAL reviews route eligibility, supporting evidence, family scope, filing sequence and post-approval obligations as one coordinated residence plan.

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Eligibility and programme benefits

Core Eligibility

  1. Category A: annual income at or above HKD 2.5 million in the preceding year.
  2. Category B: designated top-university degree plus at least three years of qualifying work experience.
  3. Category C: recent designated top-university graduate with less than three years of work experience, subject to quota.
  4. Provide complete education, career, income and family records.

Programme Benefits

  1. No job offer is required for the initial application.
  2. Eligible family members may accompany.
  3. Creates time to establish qualifying local employment or business activity for extension.

Five steps connect eligibility review with filing and status maintenance.

  1. 01

    Eligibility and route review

    Confirm the applicant profile, route basis, family scope, timing and the conditions that need priority review.

  2. 02

    Application plan

    Set the financial, employment, business, income, study or talent evidence plan required by this route.

  3. 03

    Documents and due diligence

    Prepare identity, civil-status, financial, professional and background records in one consistent evidence file.

  4. 04

    Filing and authority review

    Coordinate forms, fees, appointments, biometrics, interviews and any further-document requests that apply.

  5. 05

    Approval and status maintenance

    Complete entry or activation steps and track the residence, investment, work, study or renewal conditions after approval.

Place status, family arrangements and long-term planning on one timeline.

Family status

Check spouse, child and other dependant eligibility separately, including work, study, age and documentary conditions.

Arrival and relocation

Connect entry timing, accommodation, schools, medical cover, banking and tax onboarding to the status timetable.

Renewal and long-term planning

Retain evidence of the route conditions and review renewal or longer-term residence options before key deadlines.

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Verify the conditions.
Then plan the filing.

Share the applicant profile, family members, financial or professional background and target timing. We will help organise the points that should be verified first for this programme.

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