How Can I Convert My Foreign Domestic Helper Visa to a Dependant Visa After Marriage to a Hong Kong Permanent Resident?
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Can you swap from a foreign domestic helper visa to a dependant visa whilst in Hong Kong?
QUESTION
My domestic helper, from the Philippines, is married to a Hong Kong Permanent Resident.
Her contract with me expires in April and they want to apply for a dependent visa for her.
Is this possible, what are the criteria and what would be the time line?
Can I extend her domestic helper visa whilst her dependent visa application is being processed, so she is still able to work?
Many thanks
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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.
