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Special Scheme to Import Care Workers for Residential Care Homes

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This Special Scheme covers imported care workers for residential care homes, hired against a quota granted to the employer by the Director of Social Welfare. The applicant must be suitably qualified and experienced for the job of care worker.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured page does not state an effective date for these criteria, and a full independent clause review is pending.
  • Eligibility Criteria
    the employer has been granted a quota for importing care worker by the Director of Social Welfare
  • Eligibility Criteria
    the applicant is suitably qualified and experienced for the job of care worker

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The employment is tied to a specific approved residential care home: the worker is engaged under Employment Contract (SWD-ICW-16) to perform specified duties in the specific RCH stipulated in the Notice of Quota Approval (SWD-ICW-8) and the Standard Employment Contract.

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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The care-worker scheme requires terms comparable to the local market, including at least the median monthly wage of a care worker, and direct employment by the same employer in the specified residential care home.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture does not determine whether a particular applicant meets those criteria.
  • Captured official page clause 8
    the applicant will remain under the direct employment of the same employer as a care worker as stipulated in the Standard Employment Contract (SWD-ICW-16) to perform specified duties in the specific RCH as stipulated in the Notice of Quota Approval (SWD-ICW-8) (including the Quota Details attached thereto) and the Standard Employment Contract (SWD-ICW-16), and will not be employed by other companies, organisations or sub-contractors;
  • Captured official page clause 7
    the terms and conditions of employment are comparable to those in the local market, including that the wage level of the applicant must be no less than the median monthly wage of care worker in Hong Kong;

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

After entry, the imported care worker admitted on employment condition must remain under the direct employment of the same employer as a care worker in the specific RCH stipulated in the Standard Employment Contract (SWD-ICW-16), and cannot be employed by other companies, organisations or sub-contractors. The official source does not state whether family members can accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • This bounded answer preserves a supported page statement; a full independent clause review is pending.
  • Captured official page; selected text for work_seo.r4
    After entry into the HKSAR, the imported care worker admitted on employment condition must remain under the direct employment of the same employer as a care worker and in the specific RCH as stipulated in the Standard Employment Contract (SWD-ICW-16) and cannot be employed by other companies, organisations or sub-contractors.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

After renewal of the imported care worker's travel document, an application should be made, within the limit of stay granted, for an extension of stay to complete the remaining period of the current contract, provided that the employer confirms continued employment. The official source does not state the normal permission duration or a longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • This bounded answer preserves a supported page statement; a full independent clause review is pending.
  • Captured official page; selected text for work_seo.r5
    After renewal of the imported care worker’s travel document, an application should be made, within the limit of stay granted, for an extension of stay for completing the remaining period of the current contract, provided that the employer confirms to continue the employment of the imported care worker.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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