What Can I Do If My Employment Contract Ends on the Same Day as My Hong Kong Work Visa and I Need to Stay Here a While Longer to Sort Out My Affairs?
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Employment law and immigration law are often overlapping but must be dealt with separately…
What can I do If my employment contract ends on the same day as my Hong Kong work visa and I need to stay here a while longer to sort out my affairs?
QUESTION
I am in a fix with a difficult-to-deal-with local company.
My 2 year contract with them expires this October 20. My work visa expires on the same day.
Is my employer legally required to serve a one month notice?
If the HR Department mention nothing to me, is my last day at work October 20, and am I required to leave the country? I am Canadian.
Is my employer required to contact the Immigration Department and notify them of my employment ending? At what date?
If I leave Hong Kong on the 20th of October to Macau for the night and return on the 21st, can I come in on a 3 month visitor visa so I can pack up the house?
Or is it better to go to the Immigration Department on the 18th/19th and apply for an extension to pack up my things and leave Hong Kong?
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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.
