Application Procedures

Please refer to the Guide to Application for PSP for detailed procedures.

Eligible Beneficiaries

A Hong Kong professional from the eligible professional services sector who has participated in the PSP activity should fill in an individual Request Form^Note and submit it to the relevant Hong Kong major professional body of the activity concerned together with relevant supporting documents after completion of the activity. Please refer to the details of each activity under List of Activities for information on "Potential Applicant Body".

Note: Request Forms are not required for cases where the Applicant body pays the participation cost for its participating professionals.

Eligible Applicants

The Applicant body (Hong Kong major professional body) should submit a duly completed Application Form and relevant supporting documents, and where applicable, individual Request Forms duly completed by eligible participating professionals to the PASS Secretariat.

The Applicant body will be required to:

1. (a)confirm that the participants concerned are Hong Kong professionals from the eligible professional services sectors under PASS throughout the entire activity period (e.g. with reference to the individuals’ relevant professional qualifications and whether they are engaged in the relevant professional services in Hong Kong); and


2. (b)undertake to arrange proper disbursement of the PSP subsidy to the eligible participating professionals upon receipt of the lump sum PSP subsidy from the Government (where applicable).

The completed Application Form, individual Request Forms (where applicable) and supporting documents shall be sent to the PASS Secretariat by post, electronically or in person. If the application is submitted electronically, the Applicant body should digitally sign the application form and supporting documents (where applicable) with a recognised organisational digital certificate* of the authorised person of the Applicant body in accordance with the requirements of the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553). The accompanied Request Forms (where applicable) and supporting documents should be digitally signed by the respective participating professionals with their recognised personal digital certificates* in accordance with the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553). The Applicant body should send the digitally signed Application Form, individual Request Forms (where applicable) and supporting documents to pass@cedb.gov.hk.

For information on digital certificates recognised by the Electronic Transactions Ordinance (Cap. 553), please visit the website of the Digital Policy Office.

*If organisational or personal digital certificates are not available, the Applicant body may still submit the application by email, but the Applicant body must subsequently provide the original copies of the duly completed Application Form, individual Request Forms (where applicable) and supporting documents to the PASS Secretariat.