香港资本投资者入境计划规则(英文).pdfVIP

Rules for the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme Notice of Amendment to the Rules for the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme ID(E) 968 The following amendments to the Rules for the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (“Scheme Rules”) will come into effect on 14 October 2010 (“commencement date”) and are applicable to an applicant/entrant whose application under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES) is received by the Immigration Department on or after the commencement date:- i) The threshold of investment (and Net assets/Net equity requirement) to become eligible for Approval-in-Principle or Formal Approval, as the case may be, is raised to HK$10 million; and ii) “Real estate” as defined in paragraph 4.1 (a) of the Scheme Rules shall be suspended temporarily as a class of Permissible investment assets (PIA) under the CIES, and as long as the suspension is in effect “Real estate” shall not be regarded as a class of PIA under the CIES and the Scheme Rules shall be interpreted accordingly. 2. For the avoidance of doubt, the above amendments will NOT affect applications under the CIES received by the Immigration Department before the commencement date, including those that have been approved or are still under processing. For these cases, the Scheme Rules prevailing BEFORE the commencement date continue to apply. 3. Furthermore, as a transitional arrangement, new applications involving investment (including real estate) of no less than HK$6.5 million