Online Application for Extension of Stay (for Persons Admitted under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme or Their Dependants)

Who Can Use This Service

You can use the online service to submit your extension of stay application if you are a person admitted under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES) or his/her dependants.

However, you are not eligible to use the service if:

(1)

you are not physically present in Hong Kong at the time of submission;

(2)

you will not be physically present in Hong Kong at the time of collection of your “e-Visa”;

(3)

you are on visitor status;

(4)

your remaining limit of stay is more than 3 months;

(5)

your limit of stay has expired;

(6)

your travel document will expire in 3 months;

(7)

you need to depart Hong Kong and will not return before the expiry of your limit of stay;

(8)

your circumstances have changed since entry or your last extension of stay (for example, you have changed employer, sponsor, investment assets, school or study programme); or

(9)

you have been notified that your next extension of stay will be subject to review.

Documents to be Submitted Online

The documents you need to submit with your online application will depend on your current immigration status. Documents marked with * are mandatory.

Residence under CIES

Documents Maximum no. of files for upload
  • *Form ID967 – Application for Residence under Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

6

  • *Form SF/IM/1611 – Declaration for Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

2

  • Hong Kong identity card

1

  • *Travel document (pages showing personal particulars, latest condition and limit of stay/landing slip and any amendments made, such as those relating to personal particulars or document validity) and/or latest “e-Visa” (if applicable)

5

  • Document showing the permanent resident status in a foreign country (if the applicant is a Chinese national or a stateless person)

5

  • *Proof relating to the type of investment assets (e.g. mortgage records/up-to-date statement showing the assets held in the designated account)

10

  • Other supporting documents

5

Dependant Status

Documents Maximum no. of files for upload
  • *Form ID91 – Application for Extension of Stay first 3 pages (only for dependant under CIES)

3

  • *Form ID481A – Declaration of Sponsor (only for dependant under CIES)

2

  • Form ID481B – Declaration of Dependant Applicant (only for dependant spouse or the other party to a same-sex civil partnership, same-sex civil union, “same-sex marriage”, opposite-sex civil partnership or opposite-sex civil union entered into by him/her, in accordance with the local law in force of the place of celebration and with such status being legally and officially recognised by the local authorities of the place of celebration, under CIES)

2

  • Hong Kong identity card

1

  • *Travel document (pages showing personal particulars, latest condition and limit of stay/landing slip and any amendments made, such as those relating to personal particulars or document validity) and/or latest “e-Visa” (if applicable)

5

  • *Sponsor’s Hong Kong identity card or travel document (pages showing personal particulars, conditions of stay/latest landing slip and any amendments made, such as those relating to personal particulars or document validity) and/or latest “e-Visa” (if applicable)

5

  • Other supporting documents

5

Applicants admitted under CIES or their dependants can download the appropriate forms through the following links and upload the signed application forms by the applicant and/or dependant in the online application process.

Form ID967: Application for Residence under Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
Form SF/IM/1611: Declaration for Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
Form ID91: Application for Extension of Stay
Form ID481A: Declaration of Sponsor
Form ID481B: Declaration of Dependant Applicant

File Formats

Before uploading the required documents, you will need to scan them in one of the following formats:

File type: JPEG, PDF, GIF, PNG or TIF (RAW, LZW, JPEG, CCITT-G4)

File size: 5Mbytes or below for each file

Colour depth: Grayscale (for documents without photos)
                       Colour (for documents with photos)

How to Start

Once you have prepared your supplementary documents, you can access the online service through the following link.

Online application for extension of stay

Please ensure that the information you provide is correct. Incorrect information may render your submission invalid.

Group Submission

If your accompanying dependants are also applying for extensions of stay, you can submit their applications with yours as a group. The maximum number of applications that can be submitted in each group is eight. The system will guide you through the steps of providing the personal information of each applicant, and uploading the documents required. If you cannot obtain the online submission acknowledgment at the end of the process, you will have to re-submit the applications.

Supplementary Document Submission

If you have applied for an extension of stay online through GovHK and received a notification letter from the Immigration Department asking you to provide supplementary documents, you can use the online submission service. The following link will take you to further information on how to submit your supplementary documents online.

Online supplementary document submission

Assistance and Further Information

If you need technical assistance in using the online service, you can call the Immigration e-Services Hotline at (852) 3128 8668 between 7 am and 11 pm daily.

For general enquiries, please call (852) 2824 6111 during office hours (from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm, Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 12 noon on Saturday, except public holidays), send a fax to (852) 2877 7711 or send an email to enquiry@immd.gov.hk.

Further information on the online booking service is available in a set of helpful frequently asked questions (FAQs).

FAQs about online application for extension of stay
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Last review date: January 2024