Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… One Year Rule?
Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Special Programmes / 2 responses
First Published July 11, 2015
Over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance.
In this short video, I discuss the One Year Rule as it applies to PRC nationals applicants  for resident visa status in 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.
Todd
What does the ImmD use for proof of the PRC national living outside of China for 1 year? Do visits back to the Mainland for say 1 week restart this 1 year clock? does the Mainlander need to register with the PRC government that they are leaving China?
The Visa Geeza
Day count and frequency of visits to China. Status overseas. Reasons for time in China.