Organization : Public Security Police Force
Service Name : Inquiry System of Progress of Application for ‘Residence Authorization’
City : Macau
Country : China
Website : http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/eng/elect_sys.html
Online System : http://www.fsm.gov.mo/psp/smgquerysystem/crec.aspx
Inquiry System of Progress of Application for ‘Residence Authorization’:
Inquiry System of Progress of Application for ‘Residence Authorization’ This system allows the public to inquire about the progress of their application for ‘Residence Authorization’.
Related : Public Security Police Force Online Appointment System of Immigration Department Macau : www.statusin.org/11774.html
If you have any doubts, please call (853) 2872 5488.
Departments Responsible for Processing Applications for Residence Authorization:
Persons who intend to apply for residence in Macao as an investor, managerial personnel or specialized technical personnel may make their application in accordance with Administrative Regulation No. 3/2005 to the Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) (Address: 1/F, World Trade Centre, 918, Avenida da Amizade, Macao; Tel: (853) 2871 2055). After the application is approved, they need to apply to the Foreigners Subdivision of the Immigration Department for “Receipt of Residence Authorization / Residence Authorization Renewal” (“Residence Receipt”), with which they can apply to the Identification Bureau for a “Macao Non-Permanent Resident Identity Card”.
Other persons who also intend to apply for residence in Macao may make their application in accordance with Law No. 4/2003 and Administrative Regulation No. 5/2003 to the relevant subdivision of the Immigration Department of the Public Security Police Force, depending on their status as indicated in the table below.
After the application is approved, they will receive a “Residence Certificate” or a “Residence Receipt”, with which they can apply to the Identification Bureau for a “Macao Non-Permanent Resident Identity Card”.
Application for Residence Authorization through Residents Subdivision:
Application and Necessary Documents:
A. “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao” holders from Mainland China:
Upon completion of entry clearance, the interested person will receive a “notification letter” which notifies him/her to apply to the Residents Subdivision in person within 10 days for “Residence Authorization”. Otherwise, the interested person will be fined MOP200 per overdue day; the maximum fine is limited to MOP5,000. The necessary documents to be submitted include
Note: The original should be exhibited for authentication if a copy is submitted
1) A completed application form (format 6):
Note:
(1) Applicants under 18 years old should have their applications tendered and signed by the parent or guardian;
(2) The application form is available at the respective subdivision and the website of the Public Security Police Force.
2) 2 copies of “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao”, and present the Arrival Card for this entry to Macao;
3) “Certificate of Criminal Record” of Macao issued within 90 days Remark (2);
4) Copy of national “Notarial Certificate of Criminal Record” of Mainland China issued within 6 months (if the interested person is 16 years old or above on the date of issue of the “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao”);
5) Copy of document of kinship between the interested person and his/her reuniting kindred in Macao (e.g. original Marriage Certificate, Notarial Marriage Certificate, Notarial Birth Certificate, Medical Certificate of Birth, Notarial Kinship Certificate, etc.);
Note:
(1) In cases of reunion between husband and wife, the interested person and his/her spouse residing in Macao should co-declare in written form the existence of marital relation and cohabitation. The declaration form is available at the respective subdivision and the website of the Public Security Police Force;
(2) For details, please see “Acceptance Standard for Necessary Documents in Application for Residence Authorization”.?
6) Copy of the Macao Resident Identity Card of the reuniting kindred residing in Macao (the card holder should be present for the application);
7) Document indicating the interested person’s address in Macao (e.g.: copy of water bill, electricity bill, phone bill, etc. of the last 3 months);
8) Other information requested by the authorities under special circumstances.
Remark:
(1) Our staff will take a digital photo for the interested person at the respective subdivision. The interested person can choose to use the digital photo or his/her own recent photo (1.5-inch, full face, no-hat, white-background, coloured/black-and-white photo) on the residence document issued to him/her.
(2) This certificate is required if the interested person is 16 years old or above on the day the application is submitted. This type of applicants may apply to the Identification Bureau for the certificate by presenting the “notification” granted upon entry or the receipt of the application for “Residence Authorization”, together with the “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao”.
To facilitate the application procedure, the applicants can first apply to the Identification Bureau and authorize the Bureau to send the certificate directly to the Immigration Department. Then they may apply to the Residents Subdivision for “Resident Authorization”.
(3) Applicants who have been verified by the Identification Bureau and are preliminarily eligible to be a permanent resident in Macao (with an “R” symbol indicated below the photo on their “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao”) are exempted from submitting documents 3) to 6).
(4) If the personal information declared before is different from that of the current application, the interested person should submit a Notarial Birth Certificate and/or a Notarial Marriage Certificate or other certificates accordingly for verification.
(5) Processing time:
5 working days <performance pledge>
Note:
The processing time starts from the next working day after the service unit receives all the necessary documents and confirms nothing is missing?
Application by persons preliminarily eligible to be a permanent resident in Macao:
14:00 of the next working day <performance pledge>
Note:
The processing time starts from the moment after the service unit receives all the necessary documents and confirms nothing is missing?
(6) For details of the application procedures for a residence document at the Immigration Department and the Identification Bureau, please see “Guidelines for “P.R.C. Permit for Travelling to Hong Kong and Macao” Holders Entering the Macao S.A.R. and Applying for Residence Document” (Chinese version only)