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Is The Hong Kong Immigration Department Website Actually Any Use To Visa Applicants?

Posted in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Visitor Visas /

The Hong Kong Immigration Department website is good for a few things but not very good at all where it counts – namely, indicting to you your chances of success in getting your Hong Kong residence visa application approved. You see, immigration policy in Hong Kong is governed by highly confidential guidelines which the general […]

The Visa Dilemma Of An Unmarried Trailing Partner Seeking To Work In Hong Kong

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

It’s a common enough problem, where unmarried couples are coming to Hong Kong, one to work, one trailing in the other’s wake. I have covered variations on this scenario previously, but this question is excellent as it gets to the heart of how to manage the inevitable visitor status of the non employed partner through […]

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What’s The Deal About Advertising Your Job Locally Before You Can Apply For An Employment Visa In Hong Kong?

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

The question is often asked if it is absolutely necessary to undertake a local advertising campaign in respect of a job to be offered to a foreign national who needs an employment visa to take up a job in Hong Kong. The answer is, it all depends. In the case of intercompany transferees, certainly not. […]

How Will Your Employment Visa Application Be Impacted If The Hong Kong Company Employing You Is New?

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

Where your proposed employer is a brand new company you can expect the Hong Kong Immigration Department to look very closely at the enterprise to make sure that it is in fact a suitable sponsor for your working visa permissions. In many ways, the due diligence which the Hong Kong ID undertake is very much […]

Sometimes Large Employers Experience Hong Kong Employment Visa Refusals Too – Why Might This Be So?

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

Most sizeable employers in Hong Kong have in house expertise when it comes to applying for employment visas for their foreign national staff. And, unless they specifically outsource their immigration service needs to professional advisors, they are typically very comfortable in making and managing work visa applications when the need arises. But sometimes, these applications […]

Is It Possible For An SME To Sponsor An Employment Visa For A Foreign National Employee In Hong Kong?

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

Even if your business is relatively small, it is not totally impossible for you to serve as an immigration sponsor for a foreign national staff who you might wish to take up employment for you here in the HKSAR. In these circumstances, not only must the visa applicant him or herself pass the approvability test […]

Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… One Year Rule?

Posted in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Special Programmes, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance. In this short video, I discuss the One Year Rule as it applies to PRC nationals applicants  for resident visa status in Hong Kong. The one-year rule is where a PRC national who wants to come to […]

Your Hong Kong Employment Visa – What Happens When You Lose Your Job?

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

If you have an employment visa and have stopped working for your sponsoring employer, no matter what the reason, you will not have to leave Hong Kong straight away. The HKID provide you with enough time to make arrangements to find an alternate employer or, if you prefer, to lay the groundwork to start your […]