Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

What’s The Situation About The Need For Business Premises As Part Of Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Application?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 10 responses

The Hong Kong Immigration Department expect that, as part of any application for an investment visa, the entrepreneur will naturally establish a home for his or her business out of which the enterprise will operate. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this guidance addressed the […]

Is The Hong Kong Immigration Department Website Actually Any Use To Visa Applicants?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

The Hong Kong Immigration Department website is good for a few things but not very good at all where it counts – namely, indicting to you your chances of success in getting your Hong Kong residence visa application approved. You see, immigration policy in Hong Kong is governed by highly confidential guidelines which the general […]

The Visa Dilemma Of An Unmarried Trailing Partner Seeking To Work In Hong Kong

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

Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration policy, unmarried partners accompanying a foreign national relocating to the Special Administrative Region face a structured legal framework where de facto partnerships are not recognized under the formal dependant visa […]

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What Does It Take To Get A Hong Kong Investment Visa Approved?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Investment Visas / 5 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: The concise checklist presented in this snapshot—which previously summarized approvability as establishing “suitable premises, personal expertise, and reasonable capital to support operations”—must be replaced with ImmD’s hardened empirical standards. Prospective applicants can no longer rely on qualitative assurances of business […]

Is The Travel Pass As Good As A Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Visitor Visas / 10 responses

Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration law, frequent business travelers frequently misunderstand the legal scope of facilitation instruments, erroneously conflating border clearance convenience with lawful permission to work. In Is The Travel Pass As Good As […]

What’s The Deal About Advertising Your Job Locally Before You Can Apply For An Employment Visa In Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says… / 5 responses

The question is often asked if it is absolutely necessary to undertake a local advertising campaign in respect of a job to be offered to a foreign national who needs an employment visa to take up a job in Hong Kong. The answer is, it all depends. In the case of intercompany transferees, certainly not. […]

Shenzhen Residents Get Unlimited 7 Day Visits To Hong Kong

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Musing, VG Front Page / No responses

Shenzhen Residents Now Eligible for Unlimited 7-Day Visits to Hong Kong The Visa Geeza Discusses On RTHK Radio 3 Today   Shenzhen Residents Get Unlimited 7-Day Visits to Hong Kong Starting December 2024 From 1 December 2024, Shenzhen residents will enjoy greater travel flexibility to Hong Kong with the reinstatement of the multiple-entry Individual Visit […]

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