Answers To All Your Hong Kong Immigration Questions

QOTW: What Happens to Your Hong Kong Dependant Visa if Your Spouse is Made Redundant?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

If your spouse loses his (or her!) job what impact does it have on your Hong Kong dependant visa? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK I am on a Hong Kong dependant visa. My husband and I were both working for the same company (he has been with them over 2 years in Hong Kong) and we […]

QOTW: Swapping from a Hong Kong Work Visa to an Investment Visa – the Impact on Right of Abode After 7 Years

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

How does swapping from a Hong Kong work visa to an investment visa impact your eligibility for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong after 7 years? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK I worked for 5 years in a Hong Kong company. I have since left that company for a year and 3 months. I have […]

What Visa Options Exist for a Presently Employed Writer to ‘Go Solo’ Whilst Holding an Employment Visa ‘Cruising’ to the Right of Abode in Hong Kong in 2018?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

Freelance writers always struggle to secure investment visas here… QUESTION I have been working in Hong Kong for about 4.5 years and my current employment visa expires in 2018. I would like to be a freelance writer, but I understand that getting an investment visa can be onerous especially since I will be a one-man […]

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QOTW: Can You Take Up Short Term One-Off Employment in Hong Kong on a Visitor Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered /

The Hong Kong Immigration Department are interested in regulating activity, not whether you get paid for it or not… or even where you might get paid for that matter… QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK I run a team of Field Engineers who travel the world doing warranty repairs for our company, manual labour. I also have […]

QOTW: What Happens if Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Extension Application is Refused by the Immigration Department?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

So what happens if, after slogging your way through the Hong Kong investment visa extension process ImmD decide not to grant you an extension…? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK Thank you for sharing great resources on the web. I have a question regarding Hong Kong investment visa extension risk. If the renewal application is rejected, is […]

QOTW: Can You Stay As a Visitor While Processing a Hong Kong Work Visa Application?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

Lots of visa gossip and rumours in Hong Kong and we can safely add the following question to that bucket… QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK Processing a Hong Kong work visa application… At the time when a Hong Kong visa agent submits an employment visa application on my behalf, is it then in fact considered problematic […]

Can You Work For a Single Client as a Pseudo-Employee Whilst Holding a Hong Kong Investment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

If you are granted a Hong Kong investment visa, does this allow you to (essentially) take up a dedicated employment on a consulting basis for a single client, effectively taking up a full time role to the exclusion of all other business opportunities for your sled-owned company? Hi, I’m currently in the process of applying […]

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