Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

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Feb 2014

Hong Kong Visa Centre Refunds 200% Fee to Client Who’s Application Was Refused by the Hong Kong Immigration Department

Posted by / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing / No responses

The inevitable finally occured… Today, my professional practice, the Hong Kong Visa Centre, honoured our 200% Fee Refund Guarantee to an investment visa applicant who’s case was refused by ImmD recently. This is the first time in the three years since we introduced this policy that we have had to honour our commitment and just […]

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06

Feb 2014

Interview: What’s Actually Involved in Getting a Hong Kong Investment Visa Approved?

Posted by / in Investment Visas, Musing / 3 responses

On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over the last 20 years. We covered a great deal of ground in the 90 minutes we spent together and over the next few weeks I will be posting the interview […]

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02

Feb 2014

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 / 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 […]

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18

Jan 2014

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: Thinking of Applying for PR for Hong Kong? Do It For Free! – Public Talk by Stephen Barnes on Thursday, 23rd January 2014 in Wanchai

Posted by / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 1 response

If  you have lived in Hong Kong continuously for the last seven years (or will have completed a full seven years in the next few months), then you won’t want to miss the talk I am giving on this very subject at  Centre O  in Wanchai on Thursday, January 23 2014 in Wanchai  (7 pm […]

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13

Jan 2014

Interview: Do You Think the Relatively Low Number of Foreigners Coming to Live and Work in Hong Kong is Due to it Being Hard to Get a Visa?

Posted by / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes / 12 responses

Coming to live and work in Hong Kong – on June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over the last 20 years. We covered a great deal of ground in the 90 minutes we spent together and over the […]

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12

Jan 2014

Wanted: An Excellent, 3 Year Degree Qualified or ImmD Experienced Hong Kong Immigration Consultant To Join Our Team

Posted by / in Musing / No responses

The Hong Kong Visa Centre is growing and we are looking for experienced IC talent who would like to join our team. As you would expect from a management team that spearheaded the development of a discrete immigration services industry in the early 1990’s and responsible for the introduction of sophisticated case management technologies in the 2000’s, […]

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09

Jan 2014

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – January 2014

Posted by / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing / No responses

It had been nigh on three months since I last got to be grilled by Mr Whelan on Morning Brew over at RTHK so it was pleasing to make his acquaintance once again when I popped in to see him on Broadcast Drive a little earlier today. Phil was keen to talk about paper trails […]

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08

Jan 2014

Interview: Is There a Threshold to Attaining a Hong Kong Work Visa Under the General Employment Policy?

Posted by / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing / 7 responses

On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over the last 20 years. We covered a great deal of ground in the 90 minutes we spent together and over the next few weeks I will be posting the interview […]

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06

Jan 2014

Relocating to Hong Kong For Work or Business – Session Q&A

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

On June 13 I was invited to address the 2013 Monaco Trade Delegation to Hong Kong & China on the question of visas to live and work in Hong Kong. The Delegation was hosted by my good friends at Rosemont Hong Kong and I covered in a total of 50 minutes the whole sweep of employment and investment based visas as well as […]

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Jan 2014

The Year Ahead – 2014 & New Stuff On the Horizon For the Hong Kong Visa Geeza

Posted by / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 4 responses

Season’s Greetings from sunny Western Australia! You may have noticed that I have been very quiet these last 2 weeks. Truth is I needed a serious break as the last six months of 2013 were just hectic all told. The Hong Kong Visa Centre grew 100% last year (for the third year in a row), we opened Video […]

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