Answers To All Your Hong Kong Immigration Questions

QOTW: Do I Really Need an Employment Visa if I Get 6 Months’ Visitor Status Upon Arrival & Intend to Work in Hong Kong for a Maximum of 2 Weeks?

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

Is it ever legal to work in Hong Kong – especially on a short term basis – with a Visitor Status – without the permission of the Director of Immigration? QUESTION I am a UK based one person limited company and have been asked by a major financial services company with a business based in […]

If You’re Thinking of Starting Your Own Business in Hong Kong You Won’t Want to Miss This…!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / 1 response

Tomorrow night (Tuesday, February 11, 2014)  at the Paperclip HK in Sheung Wan is an event you won’t want to miss if you have ever even remotely thought about starting your own business in Hong Kong. SIGN UP NOW – BOOKING OUT FAST  (We are also making our video production studio available to every attendee […]

QOTW: Hong Kong Right of Abode Application – How Important Are Prior Tenancy Agreements?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / No responses

Are tenancy agreement copies absolutely vital for a successful Hong Kong right of abode application? QUESTION For my Hong Kong PR application, what happens if I am unable to provide copies of my tenancy agreements?  I never thought I would still be here for 7 years so I every 2 years I get rid of […]

QOTW: How Can Same Sex Partners Establish Their Relationship Bona Fides to Secure a Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visa If They Have Never Been Able to Live Together Previously?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Your Question Answered / 2 responses

What do you do if you’ve been together seven years but geography has forced you to live apart… QUESTION OF THE WEEK I am not an expat. I am Chinese, born in Hong Kong. I have a same sex partner. We have been in a long distance relationship for 7 years.  She got denied entry […]

Can Children Born in Hong Kong to Foreign Domestic Helpers Get Dependant Visas?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Your Question Answered / 1 response

I’ve been asked this question a few times down the years so I’m grateful for it finally being asked via this Blog. QUESTION I was wondering why most foreign domestic helpers’children that were born in Hong Kong can get to local school and while my daughter who was also born here  is just given a […]

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Which is Better – Change of Hong Kong Employment Visa Sponsorship or Seeking to Swap Over to a QMAS Visa Instead?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Special Programmes, Your Question Answered / No responses

If I had to choose between applying for a QMAS visa or otherwise seek to change my Hong Kong Employment Visa Sponsorship to carry on working in Hong Kong, I know what I’d do (hands down, no doubt about it) … QUESTION Hi, I have been in Hong Kong for the past 2 years under […]

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Will the Fact of 2 Previous Visits to Hong Kong Help or Hinder a Prolonged Visitor Visa Application for My Same Sex Partner?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Your Question Answered / 5 responses

Procedural question about same sex partner visa applications today – yet an important one all the same. QUESTION Hi Stephen, I am in a loving committed and stable relationship with a same sex partner (both Irish citizens). I am already sponsored through my MNC but my partner has accompanied me here for the past 4 […]

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How Does Legal Marriage Between Same Sex Partners Impact on the Hong Kong Visa Process?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Your Question Answered / 4 responses

Whist, unfortunately, same sex partners cannot (at this moment in time at least) qualify for dependant visas. The question is still begged as to how formal marriage or civil partnerships between such couples impacts on the Hong Kong Visa process. QUESTION Hi Geeza, Here is my question. I work for an Australian organisation in Portugal, […]

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Will Redundancy Impact Your Eligibility for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / 8 responses

QUESTION Hi there, you provide a very helpful advice service, so thank you for that!  I have a few questions which I would like your advice on: 1. I have 1.5 years left towards my Right of Abode in Hong Kong application (been working in Hong Kong 5.5 years), but was recently laid off. Still […]

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Chinese Family in the USA With the Father Born in Hong Kong – Can They All Get the Right of Abode & HKSAR Passports?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / 8 responses

QUESTION I was born in China and have HKID with “***”. I got US green card around 1990. I married a US citizen (Chinese born in China) in 1991. My older son was born in 1996 in the US. I became a US citizen in 1997. My younger children were born in the US in […]