Hong Kong · Skilled Worker

Top Talent Pass Scheme

A Hong Kong talent admission route with Category A for high annual income, Categories B and C for graduates of eligible universities, and no Hong Kong job offer required at initial application.

Status note. Hong Kong Immigration Department publishes category, stay, dependant, extension, and right-of-abode information for TTPS. Eligibility and policy details remain under human review.

Decision fit

Who this pathway serves

Good fit

High-income applicants and graduates of eligible universities who meet the relevant work-experience or recent-graduation category, and applicants who value flexible employment or business activity after admission.

Important limits

Applicants who do not fit Category A, B, or C, or who need a guaranteed permanent outcome. Category C is quota-limited and extension requires evidence of Hong Kong employment with stable income or a Hong Kong business.

Minimums

Eligibility

Age

No hard age floor or ceiling is modeled.

Work experience

Minimum: Not stated years

Category B requires at least three years of work experience over the preceding five years; Category C covers less than three years and has an annual quota.

Language

Not stated

Education

Minimum: Unknown — confirm with the official source

Assessment: Unknown — confirm with the official source

Categories B and C require a bachelor's degree from an eligible university; Category A is income-based.

Selection threshold

Points: Not stated

Competition: Not stated

Health and character

Medical exam: Unknown — confirm with the official source

Police certificate: Yes

Costs

Funds and fees

Settlement funds

No settlement-fund table is published.

Application fees

  • Unknown — confirm with the official source HKDNon-refundable TTPS application fee

Outcomes

Residence, work, and family

Permanent residence

Persons admitted under TTPS who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than seven years may apply for right of abode under the law.

Work: Yes · Study: Unknown — confirm with the official source

Family

The TTPS dependant policy covers a spouse or qualifying civil partner and unmarried dependent children under 18; dependants are not prohibited from employment or study.

Partner: Yes · Children: Yes

Citizenship

The retained Immigration Department pages establish a right-of-abode route but do not establish a citizenship route.

Processing time

Entry applications normally take four weeks after all required documents and the relevant fee are received; extensions are normally processed in two to three weeks.

Modeled: Not stated–Not stated months

Sources

Official sources

Citations

Field provenance

Information only, not legal advice. Rules, fees, and processing times change. Confirm the linked official pages before acting.