Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

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Musing

2015 Hong Kong Immigration Policy Update – Capital No Longer Required – Why Was the CIES Suspended ?
February 26th, 2015

Posted in Investment Visas, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

CIES suspended! On February 10, 2015 I gave a talk at www.centreo.hk on my interpretation of the immigration policy changes announced by CY Leung earlier in January. In this segment I discuss the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme and some of the machinations that went on which meant that the programme was destined […]

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Musing

2015 Immigration Policy Changes – the Inevitable Suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme
January 23rd, 2015

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

Long past its sell-by date and way beyond the ken of its originally intended constituency, CY Leung announced the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme from the 15th of this month and at a swoop said ‘enough’ to the 20,000 moneyed mainlanders who lent the economy USD600 million over the course of the last […]

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Capital Investment Entrant Scheme Suspended – Business Investment Visa Gets a Boost!
January 14th, 2015

Posted in Investment Visas, Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

CY Leung in his policy address today announced the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (“CIES” visa) with effect from tomorrow. Current applications are not affected. No new applications will be entertained until further notice. It appears that the government has determined, finally, to focus specific attention on attracting business to Hong Kong, not […]

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Hong Kong Visas From 39,000 Feet @ General Assembly – The HKD10 Million Capital Investment Visa
October 18th, 2014

Posted in Musing, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza /

On July 10, 2014 I was invited by the good folks at General Assembly to give an overview talk on the opportunities for their foreign national Alumni seeking to remain in Hong Kong after graduating from their excellent programmes. The Rest of the Talk Introduction Visa to Work Own-Business Visa Top Notch Talent Visa 10 Million Dollar […]

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The Hong Kong Immigration Department Really Are Getting Tougher Across the Board Now…
April 16th, 2014

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

It has taken me 21 years to make this claim…  I have been practicing in Hong Kong immigration advisory matters since 1993. All down those..

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Interview: Do You Think the Relatively Low Number of Foreigners Coming to Live & Work in Hong Kong is Due to it Being Hard to Get a Visa?
January 13th, 2014

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

On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over..

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