Application

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How to Apply

Application Procedures and Documents Required

1. Application Approach
   1. Interested person or a legal representative making the application;
   2. The representative should submit the following:
      1. A certified letter of authorization;
      2. A copy of his/her valid identification document.
2. Documents to be Presented
   1. Unless otherwise noted, the original should be exhibited for authentication if a copy is submitted;
   2. The copy should be authenticated if the original cannot be exhibited.
3. Documents to be Submitted
   1. A completed Application Form for Special Authorization to Stay (format 3) and Declaration of Contact Address and Habitual Residence Address (format DARP/DARP M-1);
      [Note: The application form is available at the subdivision concerned and the website of the Public Security Police Force.]
   2. A copy of the biodata page of the interested person’s valid PRC Exit and Entry Permit used for stay in Macao and the  page with the latest valid endorsement (if any);
   3. A copy of the valid hawker licence issued by the Macao Municipal Affairs Bureau.
4. Forms
   1. Application Form for Special Authorization to Stay (format 3)
   2. Declaration of Contact Address and Habitual Residence Address (format DARP/DARP M-1)

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Location of Application and Service Hours

Address: Immigration Building of Public Security Police Force, Travessa Um do Cais de Pac On, Taipa, Macao

Stay Subdivision of the Residence and Stay Affairs Department

Office Hours	Mon to Thu	9:00 – 17:45
	Fri	9:00 – 17:30
	Closed on Sat, Sun and government holidays
Tags dispensed until	17:00 (applications)
	17:15 (collection of result or submission of supplementary documents)

Address: Macao Port Zone of Hengqin Port

Checkpoint of Macao Port Zone of Hengqin Port, Border Control Department

Office Hours

24 hours

Address: Rua das Lorchas, Macao

Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal and Yacht Terminal Checkpoint, Border Control Department

Office Hours

7:00 – 22:00

Contact Information: Please click here for details

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Charge

Free of Charge

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Processing Time (excluding time of waiting in a queue and postage time for documents sent by mail)

Depending on the concrete conditions of the application

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Remark/Points to Note

1. According to Term 1, Article 66 of Law No. 16/2021, to apply for a visa, Authorization to Enter and Stay, Macao SAR Residence Authorization, Renewal or Extension of Residence Authorization means the interested person consents to have his or her personal information, which includes his or her biodata, treated by the Public Security Police Force.
2. According to Item 4, Term 1, Article 32 of Law No. 16/2021 and Articles 22-24 of Administrative Regulation No. 38/2021, the Special Authorization to Stay for traditional traders granted is for entry and departure at the checkpoint designated for this purpose only.
3. The validity of the above Special Authorization to Stay is a maximum of 16 hours per day.
4. Penalty for Overstay
   According to Law No. 16/2021 “Legal Regime of Immigration Control, Stay and Residence Authorization of the Macao Special Administrative Region”, persons who still remain in Macao after their Authorization to Stay expires and persons who do not leave Macao within the designated period after their Authorization to Stay is revoked are regarded as overstayers. Overstay is an administrative infraction, not a criminal offence. Therefore, overstayers are not condemned to a penalty of freedom deprivation.
   According to the law, an overstayer will be fined MOP500 to 800 per overdue day. The fine should not exceed MOP15000 and should be paid within the statutory 10 working days. The status of an overstayer who overstays for not more than 30 days, pays the fine upon giving himself or herself to the police or immediately after he or she is discovered and has never been fined for the same infraction in the past year can be normalized. Otherwise, the overstayer will be deported and interdicted from entry. In addition, application for Residence Authorization and Special Authorization to Stay will not be permitted for 2 years counting from the date the entry interdiction expires.
5. Notification of Change of Contact Address and Habitual Residence
   1. According to Article 33 of Law No. 16/2021, persons who are granted Special Authorization to Stay for over 90 days are required to declare their contact address and habitual residence address in Macao to the Residence and Stay Affairs Department of the Public Security Police Force (except for non-residents in the status specified in Items 1-3, Term 1, Article 32 of the same law), and notify the Department of any change in the two addresses within 45 days from the date of change. Otherwise, they will be penalized.
   2. Persons who fail to make a timely notification of the above-mentioned change will have to pay a penalty of MOP2000 to MOP6000. Recidivism will result in an increase in the lower limit of the penalty by one fourth while the upper limit remains unchanged.

Collection of Application Result

Method of result collection:

1. Collection in person;
2. Collection by representative.

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