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Half Way Through the Process, is it Possible to Cancel One Hong Kong Employment Visa Application to Start a Second One Instead?

Posted in Employment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /

Cancel One Hong Kong Employment Visa Application to Start a Second One? It sometimes happens that 2 job offers emerge in quick succession and you prefer to accept the 2nd one but the visa application for the first one has already started … So What Happens In A Situation Like This? Cancel one Hong Kong […]

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Hong Kong Immigration Law | Corporate Visas | Individual Visas | The D-I-Y Guide

Posted in Employment Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, Musing /

The Definitive Guide To Hong Kong Immigration Law For D-I-Y Corporate & Personal Visa Applications 4  x 100% Free Websites To Cover All Business  & Accompanying Family Hong Kong Immigration Law Scenarios Hong Kong Visa Geeza Hong Kong immigration law? Stephen Barnes, also known as “Hong Kong Visa Geeza,” is a highly respected Hong Kong […]

Work Visa Hong Kong | Overstay | Your Step-by-Step Guide to Addressing the Problem

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Have You Accidently Overstayed Your Work Visa Hong Kong Recently? Here’s what to do to solve the problem in a hurry … hint don’t delay  QUESTION I overstayed my work visa Hong Kong. Help! I terminated my employment in Hong Kong at the beginning of June. After searching for work, I eventually found a job […]

Hong Kong Visa Geeza | A Day-In-The-Life Of | Hong Kong Immigration Lawyer

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas /

A Day-In-The-Life Of Hong Kong Immigration Lawyer Stephen Barnes [aka] The Hong Kong Visa Geeza 10 Years Ago … Hong Kong Visa Geeza: a day-in-the-life [and more]. On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, my client, compadre-in-arms and all-round good gal Gail Turner of Gail Turner Photography shadowed me around to take a photo montage of a […]

Understanding Hong Kong Permanent Residency | Eligibility After Your Work Visa Expires

Posted in Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered /

Hong Kong Permanent Residency Eligibility After Your Work Visa Expires – Can You Still Qualify? Maybe, Possibly, Could Be – In Any Event, Better Get Your Skates On QUESTION I have been working in HK since 2019 on a working visa, which expired in early August 2023, a couple of weeks ago. I am no […]

Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Application Guide | What You Need To Know | At-A-Glance | In A Nutshell

Posted in Investment Visas, Musing /

The Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Grab & Go Guide What you need to know in a nutshell and all in one place The Entrepreneur Visa Application Guide This Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Application Guide in a nutshell provides all your need to know about Hong Kong’s specific visa initiative for international business founders looking to […]

The Industry Secret Most Hong Kong Immigration Consultants Don’t Want You to Discover

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas /

What Hong Kong Immigration Consultants Like To Keep Quiet About … All cases are ‘hard’, right? Lifting The Lid [Looking around furtively…] Shussh… You are probably paying Hong Kong immigration consultants too much for your Hong Kong visa service. It’s true, and here’s the reason why. Hard vs Easy Your ‘easy’ Hong Kong visa application […]

Hong Kong Investment Visa Wrongly Applied For | Clearing Up the Confusion & Getting the Correct Employment Visa Instead

Posted in Case Study, Employment Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Hong Kong Investment Visa Wrongly Applied For This case study looks at the problems which arise when an applicant for a Hong Kong employment visa mistakenly applies for an investment visa in light of the fact he is an intercompany transferee establishing his employer’s business operations in Hong Kong from scratch 1. Hong Kong Investment […]

The Perils of Contriving a Job Offer Just for the Purposes of a Hong Kong Employment Visa Application

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Pretending You Have A Job Offer To Get A Hong Kong Employment Visa? Updated August 22, 2023 What are the consequences of providing false information to an Immigration Officer in Hong Kong? Is it worth the risk to pretend you have a job offer for a Hong Kong employment visa?  Is It Worth The Risk? […]

Does A Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Need An Extensive Business Plan?

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Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Need An Extensive Business Plan – Say 60 Pages Long? Not massively so. In fact you can get away without one altogether if writing such a document doesn’t fall readily within your existing skill set. There are other ways to skin this particular cat … Does A Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa […]