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Hong Kong Visa Geeza – My Story in 10 Parts – 1 – Childhood & Flee-ing the Nest

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In the connection economy, to show you are authentic, transparent and vulnerable you need everyone to know your story. So here’s mine (in ten parts!) beginning with … In Part 1, I talk about where I was born, my early life and the “delights” of living in Blackburn, Lancashire. My Story in 10 Parts Part […]

Come Hear Me Talk About Content Marketing in Hong Kong at 7 pm on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 (Garage Society, Sheung Wan)

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Content Marketing in Hong Kong I have been invited to participate in a Digimeet Meetup this Tuesday, September 1 at 7pm at Garage Society in Sheung Wan. Together with Josh Steimle and Zaheer Nooruddin we will address a series of questions which speak to how to: Get More Sales Through Content Marketing Be there or […]

A Conversation With Eric Ries @ LSE

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I  recently stumbled across this excellent session with Eric Ries of Lean Startup fame at my alma mater the London School of Economics in March of this year. A must watch piece for every budding, active or ‘between deals’ entrepreneur.

Power of Free : Do You Have Permission? – Paperclip – Monday, August 17, 2015 @ 7 PM LAST TALK (Tonight!)

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

After delivering 7 x 30 minute talks on the Power of Free over the course of the last few months, I have now been able to organize my notes and experiences of the last four years spent building the Hong Kong Visa Centre to reduce the remaining know-how down to 5 x 30 minute additional […]

LIFTING THE LID: What Technology Do You Use At the Back End of the Hong Kong Visa Centre?

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In this occasional series of commentary, I provide a peek inside our professional practice and offer a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of the Hong Kong Visa Centre team. In this short piece, I discuss the technology we use to manage the work that results from our publishing activities at the Hong […]

ROADWORKS IN PROGRESS!

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Changes are afoot… You might have noticed strange things going on with our websites over the last few weeks. Last November,  we commenced a major technology upgrade right throughout our business and with it the design of our websites have been changing (including this one). The Hong Kong Visa Handbook is part way through a […]

The Innovator’s Dilemma … in 4 Minutes

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This is sensational.

LIFTING THE LID: The Ideal Client For a Hong Kong Immigration Services Firm

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

In this occasional series of commentary, I provide a peek inside our professional practice and offer a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of the Hong Kong Visa Centre team. In this short piece, I discuss the ideal client for a Hong Kong immigration services practice! More Stuff You May Find Useful or […]

Video… Visa Geeza Speaks… Get There First!

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Over the last few months I have been invited to speak at various events around town on the use of video, our business strategy and experience in building a rapidly growing professional services business based on the concept of giving all of our IP, visa know-how and immigration experience away for free via our three […]

ImmD @ Sixes & Sevens Presently – Longer Case Processing Times Than Usual Being Experienced At This Time

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

Longer Case Processing Times – the Enhancement Measures of the Hong Kong Immigration Department came into effect on May 4… Image Credit Since then it is now routinely taking longer across the board for most applications affecting foreign national applicants and temporary residents alike. Whilst it is still very early on in the life of […]