Visas For Legal Dependants

QOTW: Can a Gay Married Couple Get a Hong Kong Dependant Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing / No responses

You’d think so, right? Alas… QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK I am a Hong Kong permanent resident but not currently living in the HK SAR.   I am considering re-locating back to Hong Kong and would like to bring my husband with me. We are a same-sex married couple.  We have a Civil-Partnership from London and were […]

Hong Kong Defacto Spouse Visa – Video Presentation by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing / 2 responses

If you and your defacto spouse life partner (heterosexual couple) are thinking about making an application for a Hong Kong Defacto Spouse Visa, you may find this video useful. On March 21, 2014 I gave a presentation at the Chinese Club entitled Business Immigration to Hong Kong – A Practical Guide. This segment discusses how to go about […]

QOTW: Do You Need to Have a Job in Hong Kong to Be Able to Sponsor a Dependant Visa for Your New Spouse?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Musing / No responses

If you hold an employment visa and are between jobs what impact would this have on being able to sponsor a dependant visa for your spouse? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK Hi Stephen, I am in between jobs (currently on an employment visa in HK) and plan to get married soon. Can you tell me if being […]

QOTW: Can I Get PR in Hong Kong if My Child Was Born There And He Has Right of Abode by Birth?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing / No responses

Does Hong Kong permanent residency accrue automatically to parents of children born with the right of abode in the HKSAR? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK Hi, My son (1 year old) has a Hong Kong Passport. My wife and I are not PRs. Would it be possible to apply for Hong Kong PR through my son? Thanks […]

How to Extend a Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visa for a Defacto Spouse or Same Sex Partner

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

I am really grateful to a client of mine whom we assisted in securing a prolonged visitor visa sponsored by his same sex life partner in 2013. This morning he very kindly sent me the following synopsis of the extension experience he underwent down at Immigration Tower recently, which I am delighted to share: Extension […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – May 2014

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing / 1 response

Quick visit to see uncle Phil at RTHK Radio 3 yesterday before I head off to Israel on the InvestHK Roadshow today… Quick pit stop with Phil yesterday morning and covered quite a bit of ground on ordinary residence, dependant visas and living in China yet working in Hong Kong. You can listen to our […]

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How Easy / Practical Is It to Swap Between a Prolonged Visitor Visa & Student Visa (or Employment Visa) in Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

Same sex partners, married or otherwise, are just not treated equally when it comes to immigration in Hong Kong I’m afraid… QUESTION Dear Stephen, I will be transferred by my company from Holland to Hong Kong beginning of  August. My partner (we are getting married end of May, according to Holland civil union law for […]

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The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – April 2014

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

Back with Mr Whelan at RTHK Radio 3 yesterday… Phil and I had a good old chat about how Wanchai’s finest are the toast of immigration agencies worldwide yesterday and also a discussion on how things are tightening up down at Immigration Tower. You can listen to our complete discussion here. Phil’s dulcet tones, great interviewing […]

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The Hong Kong Immigration Department Really Are Getting Tougher Across the Board Now…

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 3 responses

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 years, I have been asked countless times “is Immigration getting harder?’ and unflinchingly I have answered ‘no’. It has always been my experience that if you have an approvable case […]

Teaching the Lawyers: Business Immigration to Hong Kong : A Practical Guide (March 21, 2014) – Course Materials For Your Use

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 24 responses

Yours truly delivering Business Immigration to Hong Kong : A Practical Guide at the Chinese Club today.   I’ve been doing this about 15 years now. The course is accredited by the Law Society of Hong Kong as part of the Solicitors’ Continuing Professional Development programme. I always enjoy myself when I do this as I […]