FAQs

The period of absence from the Macao SAR due to the following reasons can be used in the calculation of the period of residence in the Macao SAR, provided that a Statement of Request must be submitted to one of the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres within the specified period, accompanied by relevant certification documents and information:
(a) attending tertiary education courses accredited by local competent authorities;
(b) hospitalisation;
(c) residing in the Chinese Mainland and:
(1) has reached 65 years of age;
(2) aged below 65 and in need of ambulatory care, palliative therapy, rehabilitative services or care by family members for health reasons;
(d) working outside the Macao SAR for an employer registered with the Social Security Fund;
(e) working outside the Macao SAR in order to bear the main living expenses of the spouse or persons of any degree of lineal consanguinity or affinity residing in the Macao SAR;
(f) public service duties, holding positions for serving the Macao SAR or performing other official duties;
(g) residing, working or attending tertiary or non-tertiary education courses accredited by local competent authorities in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin;
(h) working in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area cities in the Chinese Mainland (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing);
In addition, for humanitarian or other properly explained reasons, the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture may, after considering the opinions of the Administrative Committee of the Social Security Fund, permit a Macao SAR resident’s period of absence from Macao to be regarded as his/her period of residence in Macao.

Macao residents who were in Macao for less than 183 days may submit a Statement of Request to one of the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres between 18 June 2025 and 31 December 2028 for the reasons specified in the Regulation, accompanied by relevant certification documents and information.

(1) For statutory reasons (except for “humanitarian or other properly explained reasons”), applicants can submit their requests via the “Wealth Partaking Scheme” function on the “Macao One Account” mobile app/online platform. Alternatively, applicants can submit their requests in person/by a representative/by post to “Macao P.O. Box No. 3094” with relevant documents.
(2) Requests based on humanitarian or other explained reasons can be submitted in person/by a representative/by post to “Macao P.O. Box No. 3094” with relevant documents.
The forms can be downloaded from the Wealth Partaking Scheme website or collected at the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres. Completed forms can be submitted to the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres.

It is not limited to the institutions in the Chinese Mainland. If the reason for being absent from Macao was to attend tertiary education courses accredited by local competent authorities, the period can be used in the calculation of the period of residence in the Macao SAR, provided that a Statement of Request for distribution must be submitted to one of the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres within the specified period, accompanied by relevant certification documents and information.

You can submit a Statement of Request to one of the Wealth Partaking Scheme services centres between 18 June 2025 and 31 December 2028, accompanied by relevant certification documents and information.

This situation is exempted from the calculation of the period of residence in Macao and you qualify as a beneficiary. Hence, no additional request procedures are required.

If the Macao SAR Resident Identity Card of the applicant indicates that he/she is unable to sign, a fingerprint (right thumb) should be placed on the signature area of the form; if he/she is unable to sign due to physical issues or old age, a fingerprint can be placed on the signature area of the form, with indication of the reason for the inability to sign.

It can only be used as supplementary proof of address in the Chinese Mainland. As the Chinese Mainland Residence Permit does not show the period of residence in the Chinese Mainland in the previous calendar year, it cannot be used as a proof for the calculation of the period of residence in the Chinese Mainland. The applicant must submit a photocopy of the proof of residence issued by the civil affairs departments, neighbourhood committees, village committees or residential care facilities in the Chinese Mainland (the original is required to be produced for verification) and the organisation’s letterhead paper must be used (the content includes the issuing organisation’s full name, address and phone number, the name and identity card number of the Macao resident, the period of residence and address in the Chinese Mainland, the organisation’s seal and date of issue).

Yes, his children will become wealth partaking beneficiaries.

Proof of relationship, for example, birth certificate (proof of parent-child relationship), marriage certificate (proof of husband-wife relationship) or certificate of kinship issued by the Identification Services Bureau of Macao.