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The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme is quota-based and operated on a points-based system. Applicants are required to fulfill a set of prerequisites before they can be awarded points under either one of the two points-based tests, namely the General Points Test (GPT) and the Achievement-based Points Test (APT), and compete for quota allocation with other applicants. Prerequisites under the Scheme are:

General Points Test

Details of the five point-scoring factors of the General Points Test are listed below:

Factors

 

 

Points

Claimed Points

1

Age (Maximum 30 points)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18-39

 

30

 

 

 

40-44

 

20

 

 

 

45-50

 

15

 

 

 

51 or above

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Academic/Professional Qualifications (Maximum 45 points)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two or more Doctoral Degrees

 

45

 

 

 

Doctoral Degree / Two or more Master Degrees

 

40

 

 

 

Master Degree / Two or more Bachelor Degrees

 

35

 

 

 

Bachelor Degree / Professional Qualification awarded by a nationally or internationally recognized or acclaimed professional body which demonstrates that the holder has a very high level of technical expertise or skill

 

30

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Work Experience (Maximum 50 points)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not less than 10 years' graduate or specialist level work experience, including at least 5 years in a senior role

 

50

 

 

 

Not less than 5 years' graduate or specialist level work experience, including at least 2 years in a senior role

 

40

 

 

 

Not less than 5 years' graduate or specialist level work experience

 

30

 

 

 

Not less than 2 years' graduate or specialist level work experience

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Language Proficiency (Maximum 20 points)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being proficient both in written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese) and English

 

20

 

 

 

Being proficient in at least one foreign language (written and spoken) in addition to written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese) or English

 

15

 

 

 

Being proficient in written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese) or English

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Family Background (Maximum 20 points)

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1

At least one immediate family member (married spouse, parents, siblings, children) is a Hong Kong permanent resident residing in Hong Kong

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2

Accompanying married spouse is educated to the equivalent level of a degree or above

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.3

5 points for each accompanying unmarried dependent child under the age of 18, maximum 10 points

 

5 / 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum 165 Points