Hong Kong's Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS)

Establish Your Career in Hong Kong

The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS) is a quota-based entrant scheme meant for skilled persons who wish to stay in Hong Kong to explore employment or business startup opportunities.

• Entrant Scheme to attract highly skilled or talented persons to enter and remain in Hong Kong
• Applicants need to meet set Pre-requites
• Pass Points test-either General OR Achievement
• High scoring applications are selected in a selection exercise by the Hong Kong Department of Immigration within a quarterly quota
• Approval-in-Principal Letter given for Interview in Hong Kong
• Attend Interview with original documents
• Entry Visa / Work Permit granted for one year
• Can bring spouse and children under 18 to Hong Kong

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR QMAS VISA

• First-class degree in Bachelor’s or Master’s level from a recognized university
• Minimum 2 years of work experience.
• Age should be between 18-50years
• IELTS/TOEFL exam scores required to prove language proficiency.
• Meet the financial requirements for the immigration process.
• Have the minimum points under General Points Based Test

Career Strategy: Why Hong Kong?

A job abroad can give your career a big boost. Foreign experience shows bosses that you're unusually adaptable and versatile. It can put you on a fast track for advancement.

With Asia-Pacific, China and India becoming the happening economies, gaining any kind of expertise or experience around them adds a lot of value to your resume and opens several opportunities.

Working in Hong Kong adds great value to your resume as you would have interacted with China, India, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Gulf in some way or the other.

That is why a stint in Hong Kong will add a lot of mileage to your career that very few of your colleagues will be able to boast of.

Job Opportunities

• Hong Kong is also a regional leader
• Logistics and trade-supporting services, such as
• Product testing and inspection
• Arbitration and mediation
• Trade finance documentation
• Insurance

As China liberalizes its markets due to its WTO membership commitments, Hong Kong firms are increasingly active in connecting suppliers in other countries with consumers in the Chinese Mainland and elsewhere in Asia.

Hong Kong is the leading financial centre of Asia and is one of the top sources of outward direct foreign investment in Asia.

Points Based Test

In addition to meeting all Pre-Requisites applicants have to pass one points based test : General Points Based Test OR Achievement Points Based Test.

General Points Based Test is based on

• Age
• Academic Qualifications
• Work Experience
• Language Proficiency
• Family Background

Minimum pass mark: 80 points of 165

Achievement Based Points Test ( Points awarded 165 or 0 )