Macao

Specialized non-resident worker. A Macao employer may request permission to import a non-resident professional with advanced education, high skills or specialized experience.

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Specialized non-resident worker

Employer-sponsored specialized work when employment and immigration permissions are both issued.

Who qualifies

The employer applies to the Labour Affairs Bureau for authorization to employ a specialist with tertiary education, high skill or professional experience needed for expert work.
Macao SAR Government: Employment of Specialized Non-Resident Workers
After Labour Affairs approval, the worker still needs non-resident worker authorization to stay and the worker identification card from Public Security Police.
Macao SAR Government: Non-resident Worker's Identification Card application

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

One question, from the program’s own rules.

Do you have a binding job offer in that country?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Time: Confirm current processing time with the issuing authority.
Cost: Confirm current fees with the issuing authority.
The hard part: Demonstrating the specialized role and securing both labour and immigration approvals.

The road past the first permit.

No automatic permanent residence or citizenship transition established by the cited procedure.

2027
Route candidate
The residence and work authorization sequence still needs verification.

We have not yet confirmed this country’s road from residence to citizenship.
We have not yet confirmed how this route counts toward residence or citizenship.

Living there.

Time you must spend there: The program sets no minimum number of days. Renewal still expects it to be your home.
Tax: Where you become tax resident follows the days you spend there and where your home is. We map it for your family before you move.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Have the Macao employer submit the specialist employment authorization application to Labour Affairs.Open gov.mo ↗
Round up the papers.
- The signed job offer, salary, and recognized qualifications
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health cover for the move

Or let us run it.

$900for your first year as a founding member. Then $399 a year, automatically.Standard first year: $1,200. Everyone renews at $399.One membership, the whole family. Accounts and activation included.

14 steps, from the first paper to every renewal. You do 4 of them: send what we ask for, sign, and show up. We run the rest, and keep every permit renewed on time. Accounts and activation are included, whether you move now or keep the plan ready. Accounts depend on provider availability. Government, record and approved third-party charges are extra.

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