The Experience of Being Denied Entry As A Visitor to Hong Kong
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The experience of being denied entry as a visitor to Hong Kong…
Got this email in over the weekend. Good to share:
Hi,
I travelled to Hong Kong on 12th on a PAR from India.
The immigration officer asked me for the duration of my stay. I told her I am in hong kong for 10 days on a holiday.
She asked me the following then –
1) Hotel bookings for 10 days
2) Day wise itinerary for 10 days.
3) Cash I was carrying
I replied the following –
1) I had booking for two days. I told her I did not book for 10 days in advance as I was not sure if the hotel will be good. I’ll check it out for two days if I like i will extend my stay there or book another hotel for the remainder of my stay.
2) I told her the places I am interested in seeing however I did not have the day to day itinerary planned out.
3) I was carrying $4500 in cash & my debit card which had more than enough money to cover my expenses.
They did not tell me for which exact reason they sent me back. I was told I can come back at any time when I am better prepared.
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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.
