Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

QOTW: Do I Really Need an Employment Visa if I Get 6 Months’ Visitor Status Upon Arrival & Intend to Work in Hong Kong for a Maximum of 2 Weeks?

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Is it ever legal to work in Hong Kong – especially on a short term basis – without the permission of the Director of Immigration?..

QOTW: How Can Same Sex Partners Establish Their Relationship Bona Fides to Secure a Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visa If They Have Never Been Able to Live Together Previously?

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

What do you do if you’ve been together seven years but geography has forced you to live apart… QUESTION OF THE WEEK I am not..

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – January 2014

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It had been nigh on three months since I last got to be grilled by Mr Whelan on Morning Brew over at RTHK so it..

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Interview: Is There a Threshold to Attaining a Hong Kong Work Visa Under the General Employment Policy?

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On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over..

Interview: Do You Think that IANG Allows a Loophole for Foreign Graduates to Game the Immigration System Here?

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On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over..

Corporate Immigration in Hong Kong From 39,000 Feet

Posted in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Useful summary of  Hong Kong’s corporate immigration programmes recently uploaded to Slideshare by Hong Kong law firm  OLN.   More Stuff You May Find Useful..

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – September 2013

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Mr Whelan once again got the date of my latest visit to him at RTHK Radio 3 completely wrong but I did finally get to..

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So, What Happens to Fiances Now in Hong Kong – Can They Get Any Kind of Visa Prior to Marriage?

Posted in Family Visas, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas /

Nope. For Hong Kong visa purposes, fiances may as well not exist. It used to be that the Immigration Department would routinely grant extensions to..

Can an Offshore Company Sponsor a Hong Kong Employment or Business Investment Visa?

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You may be a director, shareholder or an employee of a company which is not incorporated in Hong Kong but thinking about the possibility of..

Will the Fact of 2 Previous Visits to Hong Kong Help or Hinder a Prolonged Visitor Visa Application for My Same Sex Partner?

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Procedural question about same sex partner visa applications today – yet an important one all the same. QUESTION Hi Stephen, I am in a loving..

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