Can You Expect the Hong Kong Immigration Department to be Flexible in a Work Visa Application if You Expect to Qualify for the Right of Abode a Few Short Weeks Later?
Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / 4 responses
First Published May 21, 2014
It’s important to undertake one application at a time en route to your eventual right of abode in Hong Kong…
QUESTION
Hi. I need to extend my IANG visa by the end of July. As of the second week in September I will have been in Hong Kong for 7 years, thus eligible for permanent residency.
I currently do not have a employer sponsor. In negotiating an employment contract (I’m a consultant with no desire to start my own firm) it may be favourable to have a a contract term of 59 days, excluding my potential employer from needing to start an MPF account.
However, would Immigration look unfavourably on that contract term of less than one full year? I basically need an IANG visa for the “gap weeks” of August 2014 and first week of September 2014 as well as employment sponsor.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting
Do mainlanders typically enjoy the same kind of immigration experience as other foreign nationals do in Hong Kong?
The ten key reasons why foreigners seek visas to live and work in Hong Kong
How to get a Hong Kong working visa automatically with no questions asked
Is the Hong Kong Immigration Department website actually fit for purposes?
The impact of brain drain on Hong Kong and resulting immigration policy development
PODCAST ANSWER |
Podcast: Play in new window
Aaron
Hi Stephen,
I arrived in Hong Kong August 2013 as a student. Between May 2015-July 2016 I had to leave Hong Kong in order to fulfill my military service. I continued my studies August 2016, and I have stayed on past graduation working in Hong Kong. My question is, during the time I was away my student visa was not renewed, hence there being a gap in between. Am I able to argue past this when I make my application for PR come 2020? What do you my think chances are of the Immigration Department looking past this?
Your advice is very much appreciated.
The Visa Geeza
Alas none. Your continuity ordinary residence will have recommenced in August 2016 when you picked up your studies in HK once again.