Hong Kong or Cambodia
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Hong Kong | Cambodia | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | $ 61 224 | — |
| Citizenship | — | — |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | difficult | — |
| Pets | difficult | — |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | — | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 3 152 | $ 724 · estimate |
| Basket | $ 54,6 | $ 31,8 |
| Life expectancy | 85.39 | 70.82 |
| Homicides/100k | 0.38 | 1.82 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | — | 4.5 |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Hong Kong — 21, Cambodia — 12. Types present in both: work and repatriation. Hong Kong adds: study, family, investment, startup, talent and working holiday.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Hong Kong: fees range from 330 to 600 HKD. Routes with a published decision deadline: 14; the shortest is 14 days. Cambodia: fees range from 15 to 100 USD. Routes with no fee: 1. Routes with a published decision deadline: 12; the shortest is 1 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Hong Kong after 7 years; the other country publishes no term.
Hong Kong in brief
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the PRC with the status of a separate jurisdiction (“one country, two systems”): low taxes, English as a working language, three channels for skilled specialists (GEP, TTPS, QMAS). Permanent residence comes after 7 continuous years, but it is not the same as PRC citizenship — naturalisation is difficult and does not allow dual citizenship. The official dependant visa covers only a spouse and minor children, not parents. Housing is among the most expensive in the world; typhoons are a recurring natural hazard.
Cambodia in brief
Cambodia combines one of the region's most accessible long-stay visa regimes with the absence, for most foreigners, of an ordinary route to permanent residence: a type E visa can be renewed within the country for up to a year at a time an unlimited number of times, but it remains a temporary status that does not turn into a residence permit and does not count toward citizenship. A formal permanent resident status is provided for in the 1994 immigration law, but the grounds and procedure for obtaining it are not publicly described in a verifiable form in practice. The cost of living and rent are among the lowest in Southeast Asia, and the US dollar circulates alongside the riel. Rule-of-law and control-of-corruption scores (World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators) are noticeably below the global average.
Other comparisons
Hong Kong or… Taiwan · South Korea · Japan · Thailand · Kazakhstan · Lebanon · Uzbekistan · Malaysia
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.