In 2010, a total of 542 applications for temporary residency for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders were received by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) (an decrease of 211 compared with last year), 36 applications for major investment and major investment plans (an increase of 5 compared with last year), representing 93.77% and 6.23% of the total of 578 new applications in 2010. Approved cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders amounted to 538 (a decrease of 11 compared with last year), approved applications for major investment and major investment plans totalled 22 (an increase of 5 compared with 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. Therefore, there were no new residency applications for fixed assets purchases in 2010 while all of the 173 already approved cases were lodged before 4 April 2007. Statistics of Temporary Residency Applications and the Cases and Number of People Approved in 2010 Please see attachment! (1) Figures of fixed assets approved applications only include those registered cases as of 4 April 2007 when the Administrative Rules were in effect, figures of approved cases in other categories include all applications submitted during and before 2010.
(2) figures only cover the number of additional family members in the application; 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.
