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How A Hong Kong Right of Abode Application Plays Out

Posted in Long Stay & PR, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

How A Hong Kong Right of Abode Application Plays Out I am grateful to a user of our websites who has sent me this report of his experience in his right of abode application recently to share with everyone. 28/01/2021 ROP145 submitted online (as Chinese citizen holding foreign passport, with one period of continuous absence […]

UPDATE: Hong Kong – Singapore Travel Bubble MAY Start March 2021

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

UPDATE: February 21, 2021 – Local English press are reporting the Bubble might be up for grabs next month. Fingers crossed: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3122491/coronavirus-hong-kong-singapore-talks-again-over **** COVID19 continues apace. Bubble put back until 2021 at the earliest… I’ll update this post with news as it comes in. Sigh… **** Hong Kong – Singapore Travel Bubble! The long-awaited air travel […]

Immigration Department Service Disruptions For At Least 2 More Weeks (Until January 2021)

Posted in Feature Article, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

The Immigration Department (ImmD) announced an update on service arrangements as follows:

Service Disruptions For At Least 2 More Weeks (Until Further Notice)

Return2hk – Quarantine Travel Scheme for Hong Kong Residents

Posted in Feature Article, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

Fast moving – no experience with it yet – here is the Government blurb … Introduction Pursuant to section 12 and 12A of the Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation (the Regulation) (Cap. 599C), the Secretary for Food and Health would specify Guangdong Province and Macao as Category 2 specified places in […]

Can You Use the Foreign Domestic Helper Visa to Employ Your Mother in Hong Kong?

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

The Hong Kong Immigration Department are not especially receptive to what can appear to be family reunion via the back door… Can you use the Foreign Domestic Helper visa to employ your mother in Hong Kong? QUESTION Hello, My wife and I are on work visas in Hong Kong and are expecting a baby in […]

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Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… Contrived Employment?

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

First Published September 9, 2016 Over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance. In this short piece I discuss  the old chestnut of contrived employment (fake job offers). More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting What does it mean… Twilight Zone? What does […]

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 /

First Published July 11, 2015 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. More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting […]