What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?
Applications go to the Residence Subdivision of the Residence and Stay Affairs Department with, among others, a Macao criminal record certificate (age 16+), proof of means of subsistence and a sponsor guarantee covering repatriation expenses. The Residence Authorization fee is MOP20,000 (exemptions include Chinese and Portuguese citizens and family-reunion applicants), payable within 20 non-extendable days of notification of the grant; the Certificate must then be collected and a Macao Resident Identity Card applied for within 90 days. Renewal must be applied for in the first 60 days of the 120 days before expiry (late fees MOP2000/MOP5000); the Authorization may be revoked or renewal refused if the holder no longer habitually resides in Macao or no longer meets its conditions.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record- Validity period of each Residence Authorization grant is not stated on the page.
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
Macao Certificate of Criminal Record not exceeding 90 days from the date of issue; (if the interested person has reached the age of 16 on the date of submission of the application);
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
Copy of proof of means of subsistence (e.g.: proof of employment in Macao, bank deposit in Macao, proof of paying employment/sales tax of interested person or his/her reuniting family member in Macao);
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
Guarantee document, bank guarantee or guarantee insurance attesting the sponsor’s guarantee to cover the interested person’s repatriation expenses;
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
Residence Authorization fee: MOP20,000
Time of payment: Proof of payment for the Residence Authorization fee should be submitted within 20 non-extendable days from the date the interested person is notified of the granting of the Residence Authorization.
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
(1) The following persons are exempted from the Residence Authorization fee of MOP20,000 according to the law:
a. Chinese citizens;
b. Portuguese citizens;
c. Family members of Macao residents making the application for family reunion;
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
Address: Immigration Building of Public Security Police Force, Travessa Um do Cais de Pac On, Taipa, Macao
Residence Subdivision of the Residence and Stay Affairs Department
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
[Note: 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.
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/faqs
You are required to make an application for renewal of the Residence Authorization in the first 60 days of the 120 days before its expiry. Application can still be made after the above period by paying a fee (MOP2000 in the first 30 days, MOP5000 in the next 30 days).
- https://www.gov.mo/en/services/ps-1480/ps-1480e/
If the person granted Residence Authorization (or the person granted Residence Authorization and his/her reuniting family members, or the person granted Residence Authorization and the attached family members and the reuniting family members) no longer habitually resides in Macao, or no longer meets any requirement, prerequisite or condition for Residence Authorization, revocation of the Residence Authorization or rejection of application for renewal or extension of the Residence Authorization may be resulted.
