In the first half-year of 2015, a total of 236 applications for temporary residency for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders were received by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) (a decrease of 14 compared with the same period last year), 38 applications for major investment / investment plans (a decrease of 9 compared with the same period last year), representing 86.13% and 13.87% of the total of 274 new applications in the first half-year of 2015. Approved cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders amounted to 23 (a decrease of 98 compared with the same period last year), approved applications for major investment / investment plans totalled 6 (a decrease of 23 compared with the same period 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.
