Initial applications and extensions under the GEP. Figures follow official aggregate definitions; subcategories must not be added again to the total.
Full calendar year; extensions and dependant cases are not added to this figure.
Sources checked: 2026-11-14The ranges below show the records available here. Not every year or breakdown has published figures. Missing data stays blank rather than being replaced with zero.
New applications to the admission scheme and their outcomes. Receipt and decision may occur in different years; QMAS selection and visa issuance are further distinguished.
Applications to extend an existing permitted stay, classified by the stage and period reported in each source. These figures are not used to infer retention or permanent-residence rates.
Early GEP releases separate employment and investment streams. Each 2003–2007 total states its component calculation. Later records use published totals without adding subcategories again.
Read the complete methodology2003 — 2025
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Applications received and approvals in a period are not the same cohort, so their ratio is not an approval rate. Launch-year figures cover only the operating period. Interim and cumulative counts are not directly comparable with full years.
46 records in this selection
Sources checked: 2026-11-14 · Definitions, missing data and source catalogue ↗
The collected figures reference 12 official tables or documents. Each record links to its corresponding source.
gia.info.gov.hk · Source date: 2018-05-09
Appendix 1, PDF page 1, GEP row: total applications received / approved, 2008–2015. 2016 onward replaced by newer ImmD open data; 2018 Jan–Mar excluded.
www.legco.gov.hk
Annex C, printed page 159 (PDF page 17): Employment Stream and Investment Stream under General Employment Policy; 2003–2007 totals calculated as the sum of these two rows.
www.immd.gov.hk
CSV columns: Year | Applications received under General Employment Policy | Applications approved under General Employment Policy
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2026-08-17
Breakdown statistics on applications approved under the General Employment Policy; first breakdown table, Total row, column 2026 (Jan-Jun). Page last updated 2026-08-17.
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2022-01-27
Annex
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2023-01-17
Annex 1
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2024-02-08
Annex
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2025-01-27
Annex
www.immd.gov.hk · Source date: 2026-02-13
Annex
www.legco.gov.hk
SB055, Session 19 SB, pp. 156–157; PDF pp. 174–175
www.legco.gov.hk
SB098, Session 21 SB, pp. 64–65; PDF pp. 279–280
www.labour.gov.hk
LWB(L)081, Session 21 LWB(L), p. 264; PDF p. 269
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