How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – The Approvability Test
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10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application
For long stay foreign nationals in Hong Kong, the approvability test for the right of abode is to show that you have been continuously and ordinarily resident here for a period of not less than 7 years.
You also need to demonstrate that you have taken Hong Kong as your only place of permanent residence and that any absences from Hong Kong during those 7 years have been of a merely temporary nature as evidenced by your intention at the time you departed on each occasion that you left Hong Kong and what you left behind to return back to at the end of each temporary sojourn abroad.
For most people who have lived here without any break on back to back residence visas, who’s children have been educated here during the 7 years and have worked continuously in Hong Kong for Hong Kong employers, the test is readily satisfied without too much ado.
On the other hand, if your residence in Hong Kong for those 7 years does not fit that profile exactly, certain questions are raised which can make a Right of Abode application somewhat, to a lesser or greater degree, challenging.
And it is my intention in this presentation to help you navigate those out of the ordinary circumstances steering you in the direction of a successful argument to suitably satisfy the Hong Kong Immigration Department of your eligibility for a permanent identity card.
More In This Series
1. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Introduction
3. How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business
6. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – The Approvability Test
12. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help - Security Objections & Outstanding Taxation Liabilities
13. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help - Paperwork, Process, Patience
14. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Losing It!
15. How to Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Documents Required
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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.
