Right of Abode – Continuity of Residence – Time Spent Away from Hong Kong for Education or Medical Treatment
Posted in Long Stay & PR, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /
First Published October 4, 2014
Got 2 very similar questions in yesterday so I’m taking the opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone…
QUESTIONS
I have a residency visa and this is my 6th year in Hong Kong. I need to go back to my country due to some medical urgency. What amount of time can I spend outside Hong Kong so that my 7 years of continuous stay here remains unaffected?
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I came to Hong Kong in 2009 as dependent child of my parent. I am supposed to apply for PR in 2015. But I spent more than a year out of Hong Kong to study within this period and I have my academic certificates to support my reason for my stay away. Will the Immigration Department approve my reason or count the 7 years all over again??
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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.
