Can You Study in Hong Kong If You Only Possess a Visitor Visa Here?
April 30th, 2022
Posted in The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered /
First Published October 17, 2017
What kind of activity is permitted if you are in Hong Kong on a Visitor visa? Does this include informal study?
QUESTION
My wife and I are spending some time here in Hong Kong.
We do not work here and we do not intend to.
We just enjoy living here, enjoying the city.
We have sufficient savings to support ourselves financially. So yes, we are both here on a Visitor visa.
My wife would be interested in studying English to keep herself busy and improve upon her English.
She contacted the British Council but was informed she could not enrol because she did not have a Hong Kong ID card or a study visa.
Do you have any advice on how to proceed?
Applying for a study visa could be an option, but it will probably be too long before it is granted – if it is granted at all.
Thanks for any insight you can offer us.
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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.
