Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

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Feb 2018

Is it Legal for Company B to Hire Me Away from Company A (Assuming No Local Can Fill the Vacancy) & Apply For a New Hong Kong Work Visa Before the First Expires?

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

New Hong Kong work visa? This question has a straightforward answer which has been addressed quite a few times previously on this Blog but it was asked in such a novel away it made me realize that not everyone views Hong Kong immigration through the lens that I have carried with me for 20 years! […]

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Feb 2018

Will I Still Qualify for the Right of Abode if I Worked Temporarily in Macau Yet Lived in Hong Kong for the Full 7 Years?

Posted in Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

I may be the middle of my NYC break but immigration stops for no man! Just before I left, I received the following question in regards to a Right of Abode application – which required me also taking a look at her documents. I’m grateful for the questioner’s permission to include our dialogue here on […]

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02

Feb 2018

It’s a pleasure to give Stephen Barnes my emphatic recommendation. Stephen is a true professional in every sense

Posted in Testimonials /

“I cannot actually attest to having had a positive business relationship with Stephen, but the reason is simply that he recognized my needs were simple, gave me invaluable advice, and then told me it would be a waste of money to hire him when I could as easily do it myself. He even went so far as to then provide all the necessary forms for my visa conversion, free of charge! That kind of professionalism is rare in this day and age, and will not soon be forgotten. Next time I have need of visa assistance in HK, I won’t hesitate to hire Stephen.”

Erik Townsend, Fund Manager

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01

Feb 2018

Do You Need to Leave Hong Kong to ‘Activate’ Your Recently Secured Employment Visa Extension?

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

The answer to this question seemed so obvious to me before, but now it has been asked, I realize it’s not immediately obvious to everyone, so I’m grateful for the opportunity to address it now… QUESTION I have just recently had my employment visa successfully extended.  For 2 years.  My passport has been updated with […]

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26

Jan 2018

What Visa Options Exist For A Trailing Girlfriend Where There is No Possibility of a Hong Kong Defacto Spouse Visa?

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

The pickings are slim where there is no possibility of a Hong Kong defacto spouse visa (otherwise known as a prolonged visitor visa)… QUESTION I have looked over your website and found lots of good information. However, I think I have a question that may not have been answered on the site. I have been […]

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12

Jan 2018

Hong Kong Visitor Visa – Can My 2 Week Visitor Visa Wife ‘Piggy Back’ on My 90 Day Visitor Visa Nationality To Get The Same Limit of Stay As Me?

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

Does it help being a 90 day Hong Kong visitor visa national if your spouse is a 14 day Hong Kong visitor visa national? QUESTION I am an American who has recently married a Filipina.   I do not have any residence visa for Hong Kong; I’m just here as a 90 day visitor as a US citizen. […]

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27

Dec 2017

Do You Need to Have Been Physically Present in Hong Kong for a Full Seven Years (i.e 2555 Days All Told) in Order to Qualify for Permanent Residency?

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

Sometimes even the big name publications can get their facts (and law) wrong… QUESTION Dear Stephen, The Wall Street Journal guide to HK states (here: http://guides.wsj.com/hong-kong/guide-to-hong-kong/visas-and-residency/ ), concerning the application for the right of abode, that “foreign nationals need to have stayed in Hong Kong for a continuous seven years. ” If one traveled for […]

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Dec 2017

How to Change From a Hong Kong Dependant Visa to a Hong Kong Employment Visa (Whiteboard Animation)

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Sherpa, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

How to change from a Hong Kong dependant visa to a Hong Kong employment visa from 39,000 feet (whiteboard animation).

We are presently building the website for our new corporate services proposition, Hong Kong Visa Sherpa.

We are bringing a whole new line of content to help companies with more than 100 employees to do their cases by themselves without needing to pay for any professional help. This new website, to be launched in Q4 this year, will contain many new and interesting ways to help you answer your Hong Kong visa questions and help solve your immigration problems.

The Visa Sherpa website is a build in progress – check us out as we bring the product to life!

More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting

How To Qualify For a Hong Kong Work Visa – From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

How To Qualify For a Hong Kong Work Visa Under the Admission Scheme For Mainland Talents & Professionals- From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

What about your Hong Kong employment visa if you’re thinking of changing jobs

Should you ever get married just for Hong Kong visa purposes?

Paying for visa help? The Who’s Who of the Hong Kong immigration services industry

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13

Dec 2017

Do You Need a Visa to Operate a Business in Hong Kong if You Are Not Yet Resident Here?

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

Great question today with a simple answer and an opportunity to shed some more light on the Catch 22 and  your ‘intention to reside’… QUESTION Who we are: We are a UK pharmaceutical wholesale distributor in business for 15 years, currently selling into Hong Kong.  Objective: To establish an office and register 3 pharmaceutical products with […]

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Dec 2017

How To Qualify For a Hong Kong Work Visa Under the Admission Scheme For Mainland Talents & Professionals- From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

Posted in Sherpa, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

How to qualify for a Hong Kong work visa under the Admission Scheme For Mainland Talents & Professionals – from 39,000 feet!

We are presently building the website for our new corporate services proposition, Hong Kong Visa Sherpa.

We are bringing a whole new line of content to help companies with more than 100 employees to do their cases by themselves without needing to pay for any professional help. This new website, to be launched in Q4 this year, will contain many new and interesting ways to help you answer your Hong Kong visa questions and help solve your immigration problems.

The Visa Sherpa website is a build in progress – check us out as we bring the product to life!

More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting

How To Qualify For a Hong Kong Work Visa – From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

What’s the deal if you’re in Hong Kong with a dependant visa & your employment visa holding spouse wants to leave but you want to stay?

How flexible is the Admission of Mainland Talents & Professionals Scheme in enabling Chinese nationals to come and work in Hong Kong?

What can be said to constitute ‘Ordinary Residence’ for the purposes of a Hong Kong Right of Abode application?

The industry secret most Hong Kong immigration consultants don’t want to discover

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