We can advise you that independent category applicants from Hong Kong, Macau and the PRC who submitted their applications to this office up to and including 11 October 1999 are currently being scheduled for interview appointments in March 2002.

We update this website regularly. We suggest that you consult this location regularly to monitor the progress of the interview queues.

You should be aware that at this time it takes 3 to 4 months of interviews to accommodate all the applications received within one month. The time gaps between receipt of application and scheduling of interview are, accordingly, expected to lengthen through 2002.

Please note that there will be no Independent category interviews scheduled for the month of April 2002.