High-end Talents Programme - Third Round

1) "High-end talents": refer to individuals who possess exceptional skills or technical skills and have achieved globally recognised outstanding achievements or made significant contributions in specific fields;

High-end Talents: refer to those with exceptional skills, globally recognized achievements, and/or significant contributions in specific fields.

They should contribute to the long-term economic and social development of Macao.

1. Applicants participating in the high-end talents programme must possess any achievement or title listed in the high-end talents recognition standard.

2. The Talent Review and Recruitment Committee will assess the applicants' profiles and qualifications based on their achievements or contributions in specific fields and prepare a compiled recommended talent list.

1. Upon receipt of applications for the high-end talents programme, the Talent Development Committee shall forward such applications to the Talent Review and Recruitment Committee, so that the later may decide

2. The Talent Review and Recruitment Committee will assess the applicants' profiles and qualifications based on their achievements or contributions in specific fields and prepare a compiled recommended talent list.

3. The approval or refusal of a residence authorisation under this Law is discretionary.

1. The main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the talent recruitment programmes, as well as his / her family members, if any, must keep with the legal situation relevant for the approval of the application during the validity period of the residence authorisation, and the main applicant who has been granted a residence authorisation under the outstanding talents programme or the advanced professionals programme must also engage in work that matches his / her qualifications.

1. Individuals or legal persons who have completed commercial registration may benefit from the tax reliefs provided for in paragraph 3, provided that they meet the all the following requirements: 1) In the case of an individual, he / she is a talent recruited under the terms of this Law and has a valid residence authorisation; and in the case of a legal person, it is a commercial company with more than 50% of the share capital held directly by the talent; 2) The activity carried out pertains to the industry sectors considered as priority for the purposes of the recruitment of the talent;

1. An applicant may apply for a residence authorisation in the Macao Special Administrative Region for the following family members when submitting the application referred to in article 10, or during the validity period of the residence authorisation granted: 1) Applicant’s spouse or unmarried partner who meets the conditions specified in Article 1472 of the Civil Code; 2) Applicant’s children under the age of eighteen with his/ her spouse or unmarried partner; 3) A person under the age of eighteen adopted by the applicant, his / her spouse, or his / her unmarried partner.

Maintenance and renewal of residence authorisation do not depend on habitual residence in Macao.

The maintenance and renewal of the residence authorisations of the main applicant who have been granted a residence authorisation under the high-end talents programme or the outstanding talents programme and his / her family members, if any, shall not be conditional upon their habitual residence to be in the Macao Special Administrative Region.

2. The renewal of the residence authorisations of family members shall be requested by the main applicant and will depend on the renewal of the main applicant's residence authorisation. However, if the main applicant died or has obtained permanent resident identity in the Macao Special Administrative Region, the residence authorisations of his / her family members may also be renewed when the legal requirements are satisfied.

1. No fee is payable for the granting and renewal or issuing of the residence authorisation under this Law, except for late renewal as specified in supplementary regulations.