QOTW: Swapping to a Hong Kong Employment Visa from a Working Holiday Visa – Possible?
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The Working Holiday Visa is an excellent addition to the options young people of certain nationalities have to come to Hong Kong to work; but can you stay here longer than the original 12 months ImmD give you?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Hi,
I am on a UK Working Holiday Visa.
The question is this:
Can I upgrade to a full working visa during my 12 months, at the end or after my Working Holiday Visa is finished if I find work and a company that will sponsor me?
Or will I be refused on the grounds I shouldn’t be looking for permanent work (or other grounds you may know of).
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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.
