In the first half-year of 2014, a total of 250 applications for temporary residency for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders were received by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) (a decrease of 39 compared with the same period last year), 47 applications for major investment / investment plans (an increase of 1 compared with the same period last year), representing 84.18% and 15.82% of the total of 297 new applications in the first half-year of 2014. Approved cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders amounted to 121 (a decrease of 17 compared with the same period last year), approved applications for major investment / investment plans totalled 29 (an increase of 9 compared with the same period last year).

In accordance with the Administrative Regulation No. 7/2007, temporary residency applications for fixed asset purchases have been suspended since 4 April 2007. There were over 4,000 applications lodged before the closing date of the policy and are still being processed.

Statistics of Investment Residency Applications and the Cases and Number of Beneficiaries in the First Half-Year of 2014 (* please find the attached file)

For further enquiries on the residency application guidelines, please contact IPIM by visiting the website: www.ipim.gov.mo, email: gjfr@ipim.gov.mo, tel: 28712055 or fax: 28713950. Applicants may also visit the website and enquire about the progress of their residency application status online.