Residence Authorization for a Mainland Permit Holder

Copy of Macao Resident Identity Card of reuniting Macao resident family members (ID card holders are required to be present for the application);

(2) The sponsor should be the major payer and express renunciation of retrieval of defense right; he or she should also be a permanent resident habitually residing in the Macao Special Administrative Region or a legal person with the headquarter established in the Macao Special Administrative Region.]

Copy of document of kinship with reuniting Macao resident family members (e.g.: original marriage certificate, notarial marriage certificate, notarial birth certificate, medical birth certificate, notarial kinship certificate, etc.);

[Note: In cases of spouse reunion, the interested person and his/her Macao resident spouse should make a written joint declaration of maintaining marital relation and living together (Declaration Form DARP/DARP M-4).

If there is any discrepancy in the personal information declared by the interested person before and in this application, depending on the situation, it is necessary to submit a notarial birth certificate and/or notarial marriage certificate or other certificates for verification.

Copy of proof of means of subsistence (e.g.: proof of employment in Macao, bank deposit in Macao, proof of paying Macao employment/sales tax of interested person or his/her reuniting Macao resident family member);

Guarantee document, bank guarantee or guarantee insurance attesting the sponsor’s guarantee to cover the interested person’s repatriation expenses;

Document indicating the address of the interested person in Macao (e.g.: copy of water bill, electricity bill, phone bill, etc. of the last 3 months);

After completing the entry clearance formalities and making an application for Residence Authorization at the Border Gate Checkpoint, the interested person will be issued an ‘application acceptance receipt’. He or she is required to complete the administrative procedures at the Residence Subdivision on the date specified on the receipt.

Persons who are preliminarily eligible to be a Macao permanent resident (there is an “R” symbol indicated at the right side of the photo on their Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao) after verification by the Identification Services Bureau may proceed directly to the Bureau to apply for a Macao Resident Identity Card

First issue of Residence Authorization Certificate: MOP200

Normal service: 5 working days <Performance Pledge>

(5) After collecting the Residence Authorization Certificate, the interested person should apply to the Identification Services Bureau for an identity card within 90 days from the date of issue of the Certificate.

Since you were granted Residence Authorization and hence a non-permanent resident identity card for the reason of reunion with your spouse in the first place, a change in your marital relation at this moment may affect your residence status. Generally, the authorities will revoke your Residence Authorization (or reject your application for renewal of the Residence Authorization) because the prerequisite for the original approval no longer exists.

In other words, in all cases that Residence Authorization is granted (See Note), no matter it is granted on the basis of family reunion or other reasons permitted by law, and no matter renewal is required or not, the interested persons are required to comply with the above stipulation regarding “habitually residing” for the duration of the Residence Authorization.