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QUESTION

Hey Visa Geeza,

I am a citizen of  Russia and unfortunately have a very short visitor visa which is just 14 days, but I need to stay in Hong Kong for longer as I want to find a job here (I am a graphics and game designer) and been on couple of job  interviews already and plan on doing more.

I’ve reset my visitor stay a couple of times through Macau, but on the third time got questioned upon arrival and got only three days stay.

Later went to Shenzhen and got questioned again by Immigration, but luckily got full 14 days.

So is there any good way to extend visitor stay or get hassle free solution to frequently visit Hong Kong?

ANSWER

What you’ve experienced here is very typical of the way that the Immigration Department manage those nationals with two week upon arrival privileges, such as you in your case as a Russian national.

As you can see that they, in a sense, keep you on a very tight leash, making you exit Hong Kong within 14 days. And, if you then border hop, they can be quite demanding of you when you arrive. So it isn’t a long term sustainable strategy, I’m afraid; the only solution that I might suggest is available to you is if you leave Hong Kong and go back to Russia, then make an application for a two month visitor visa in advance of arrival with the support of somebody in Hong Kong to serve as your sponsor.

Then you might be able to secure a two month limit to stay, which will allow you to attempt to achieve all your recruitment objectives and get an application for an employment visa in before you have to think about leaving the expiry of those two months.

But apart from that, I’m afraid you’re just going to have to try to satisfy the examining officer at the border each time you arrive as a visitor, that you are a bona fide visitor to Hong Kong. Then whilst it’s permitted activity to interview, look for an interview for work it’s not permitted activity to take up that work.

And I think if you were to articulate to an officer at the border that it was your intention to be here to look for work, I think you might struggle to persuade him at your border, I’m afraid: but, I wish you all the very best.

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