The "World's No. 1" has also become a Hong Kong resident!

Heavy news!

After "Rocket" O'Sullivan, another sports superstar has settled in Hong Kong and has now received his Hong Kong Identity Card!

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British sports star

settle in Hong Kong

On December 24, 2024, the Port made an important announcement:

The one known as "Paraclete".British pool superstar and current world number one Judd TrumpHas successfully obtained Hong Kong status through the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme and arrived in Hong Kong on December 23 to collect his identity card.

The addition of Zorinp once again demonstrates Hong Kong's attraction to top international sports talents. It is worth mentioning that Chorlimp was also personally named by O'Sullivan as his successor.

In the interview, Trollope said that he enjoys living in the city of Hong Kong and loves everything about it, be it the food, the human interaction and the environment, all of which inspired him to choose to move to Hong Kong.

Regardless of what outsiders think of Hong Kong as a place, the fact is that every year, a large number of people flock to Hong Kong to choose it for settlement.

And this is especially true of celebrities, such asJack Ma, Lang Lang, Deng Chao and Sun Li, Yang Mi, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Ziyi, Tang Wei, Zhang Jie Xie Na, Zhou XunAnd so on, all these big names in the industry have obtained their Hong Kong status through the Hong Kong Talent Scheme.

So why do international superstars and celebrities love to emigrate to Hong Kong?
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What is the "flavor" of Hong Kong identity?

A Hong Kong identity can bring a series of advantages to the applicant's family in terms of education, taxation, medical care and freedom of movement.

1️⃣ Educational Advantage

In Hong Kong, both permanent and non-permanent residents enjoy the same right to education.

Hong Kong provides 15-year free education. Its internationalized education, biliteracy and trilingualism, flexible small-class teaching, strong teaching force and other features are important reasons that attract mainland parents to send their children to study in Hong Kong.

Moreover, nowadays, in response to the situation that Hong Kong babies cannot return to Hong Kong to study, the Hong Kong Government also provides subsidies in the form of vouchers (equivalent to free tuition fees) for studying in the Mainland.

In addition, apart from choosing Hong Kong public schools, you can also choose private and international schools.

2️⃣ Advantages for further studies

With Hong Kong Permanent Resident status, with DSE results, you can be admitted directly to 132 mainland universities (including Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and other prestigious universities) through the "Examination-free Admission Scheme". Moreover, DSE results are recognized by many overseas universities, and you can apply directly to overseas universities with your DSE results.

3️⃣  Tax advantages

With a Hong Kong identity, start a business and work in Hong Kong:

▶ Import Duty on Imported Goods: General goods imported into Hong Kong are not subject to import duty (except for special goods)

▶ Corporate Business Tax: Hong Kong mainly levies profits tax and property tax on corporations. The World Bank analyzed that the comprehensive tax rate for mainland enterprises is 67.31 TP3T, while Hong Kong is only 22.91 TP3T

▶ Personal Tax: The Hong Kong government has set the maximum salaries tax rate at 15%, and, surprisingly, there is a tax allowance of HK$132,000 per person per year, which makes more than half of the working population in Hong Kong not required to pay salaries tax, and the other 20% pay less than $1,000 a year in tax.

4️⃣ Free public health care

Holders of Hong Kong resident status can enjoy free local public healthcare in Hong Kong. Moreover, Hong Kong's medical standards are internationally renowned and rank among the best in the world in a number of areas.

5️⃣ Permanent residence at birth

Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong are permanent residents of the HKSAR and enjoy the right of abode. If mainland parents get the status of Hong Kong residents, they have the right to legally give birth in Hong Kong, and if there is a plan to have another child in the family, the child will be born in Hong Kong as a permanent resident.

6️⃣ Retention of Mainland domicile

For mainlanders, there is no need to cancel their mainland household registration after obtaining Hong Kong permanent resident status. In other words, they can live conveniently in the two places, which is just one more identity that does not affect each other, and they can also enjoy two benefits.

7️⃣ Visa-free passport for 171 countries and territories

The HKSAR passport allows visa-free access to 171 countries and territories, as well as transit in a third country, and the waiting period for applying for emigration is shorter and the conditions are more lenient.

At present, the mainstream channels for applying for Hong Kong status are mainly the Hong Kong Investment Entrant Scheme, the Highly Talented Persons Scheme, the Preferred Talents Scheme and the Specialized Talents Scheme.

If you also want to apply for a Hong Kong identity, please feel free to enquire!