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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 […]

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? […]

The 5 Key Factors Which Impact On Your Eligibility For A Hong Kong Employment Visa

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Your Eligibility For A Hong Kong Employment Visa? The 5 Factors  In Play For Eligibility For A Hong Kong Employment Visa 1 –  You need a credible sponsor – this means, an established company which has been established for more than 2 years and which currently employs local staff, has offices and manifestly operates commercially […]

Hong Kong Work Visa Rejection Reasons | When All Else Failed We Appealed to the Chief Executive | And Won!

Posted in Case Study, Employment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Hong Kong Work Visa Rejection Reasons? If an application for a case Reconsideration has played itself out without the Hong Kong work visa rejection reasons being overturned, where does that leave you in the appeal process?   Hong Kong Work Visa Rejection Reasons – Until 1999 … Until 1999, section 53 of the Immigration Ordinance […]

If I Stop Working for My Current Employer Will My Hong Kong Employment Visa Remain Valid?

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Will My Hong Kong Employment Visa Remain Valid If I’ve Lost My Job? First Published March 5, 2013 QUESTION Help with my Hong Kong employment visa please! For the last few years I’ve been working for an American company with an American contract of employment. I am under an employment visa for this position and […]

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