Telling It Like It Is

Swapping From A Training Visa To An Employment Visa For the Same Employer – Possible?

Posted in Employment Visas, Hadley Says…, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Swapping From A Training Visa To An Employment Visa in Hong Kong – Yes Or No? Updated October 2023  Swapping From A Training Visa To An Employment Visa – A Common Misunderstanding Swapping from a training visa to an employment visa? Many foreign nationals and the companies which bring them to Hong Kong to receive […]

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? […]

Are There Any Advantages To Being An Existing Resident Of Hong Kong When You Make An Application For An Investment Visa?

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Existing Resident Of Hong Kong When You Make An Application For An Investment Visa? When you make an application for an Investment Visa in Hong Kong you have to be able to demonstrate that you are in a position to make a substantial contribution to the economy here. But, if you are presently resident in Hong Kong, […]

Do Immigration Consultants Add Any Value To The Hong Kong Visa Process?

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

It’s a valid question. Do immigration consultants add any value to the Hong Kong visa process? As the programming of VisaGeeza.Ai draws to a close, ready to release to my website users, the whole exercise down the last 5 months has surfaced a significant body of content which is still as relevant today as it was when […]

Why Applying for a Hong Kong Foreign Domestic Helper Visa for Your Girlfriend is Not a Good Idea

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Foreign domestic helper visa for your Girlfriend? Another ‘oldie but a goodie’ post from nigh on 11 years ago. Just goes to show that some things simply don’t change when many do when it comes to Hong Kong immigration! All of this content is being brought bang up to date for inclusion in VisaGeeza.Ai which […]

Getting a Working Visa for Hong Kong is a Simple Matter of Filling in the Forms, Right?

Posted in Employment Visas, Hadley Says…, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

I am in the process of updating a whole raft of content in anticipation of the launch of VisaGeeza.ai later this month and am coming across a lot of  ‘oldies but goodies’. Here’s one! Getting a Working Visa for Hong Kong is a Simple Matter of Filling in the Forms, Right? With the relatively large […]

What is the Condition Precedent for Defacto Spouses In Securing a Prolonged Visitor Visa for Hong Kong?

Posted in Family Visas, Hadley Says…, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

First Published 27th June 2013 In Hong Kong, unmarried heterosexual life partners who share their lives as defacto spouses can’t apply for a dependent visa for the non principal visa holding partner. Instead they have to reply on a positive act of discretion of the Director of Immigration via an application for a prolonged visitor […]

Can You Continue to Work If You Find Yourself In the Hong Kong Visa Extension Twilight Zone?

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You may, on occasion,  find yourself in that strange situation where your current employment visa has expired, you are still employed by your employer of..

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..

Is It Possible to Cancel a Hong Kong Visa Application and, If So, How Do You Go About Doing It?

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It happens sometimes. For one reason or another, an application for a Hong Kong visa, of any type really, may need to be cancelled mid..