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Residence Requirement

A. Residence Requirement

The applicant must :

  1. be a Hong Kong resident;
  2. have held the Hong Kong resident status for not less than 1 year; and
  3. have resided in Hong Kong for at least 1 year (since acquiring the Hong Kong resident status to the date prior to the date of application). The one-year residence need not be continuous or immediately before the date of application. Absence(s) from Hong Kong up to a maximum of 56 days (whether continuous or intermittent) before the date of application is/are treated as residence in Hong Kong.

Notes:

  1. Persons whose presence in Hong Kong are unlawful and persons admitted to Hong Kong for a purpose other than residence (i.e. those who are subject to conditions of stay prescribed in Regulation 2 of the Immigration Regulation Cap. 115A, such as imported workers and visitors) are excluded from the CSSA Scheme.
  2. Hong Kong residents aged below 18 applying for CSSA are exempted from the requirements at (2) and (3) above.
  3. In exceptional circumstances, CSSA may be granted at the discretion of the Director of Social Welfare to a person who does not satisfy the residence requirement.

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