Eligibility criteria

Eligibility criteria for Portable Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (PCSSA) Scheme

Answer:
To be eligible for PCSSA, the applicant must:

• satisfy the means test under the CSSA Scheme;
• be a Hong Kong permanent resident and have lived in Hong Kong for at least 7 years;
• be aged 65 or above; and
• have received CSSA continuously for at least 1 year immediately before the date of application for PCSSA (breaks in payment totalling not more than 10 days during the one-year period are allowed.)

Note:
*The applicant is required to declare the scheduled date of his/her departure from Hong Kong to take up permanent residence in Guangdong or Fujian, which must fall within 3 months of the date of application for PCSSA. Applicant who is an authorized Public Rental Housing (PRH) tenant, is required to surrender his/her PRH unit or delete his/her name from the tenancy before he/she departs from Hong Kong.