Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

6 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Who Doesn’t Have a Visa Problem?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 23 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Carving Out Immigration Exemption and Status Tiers Historically, as examined in 6 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Who Doesn’t Have a Visa Problem?, this installment of the Centre […]

5 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – The Policy of It All

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 21 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Pragmatic Economic Protectionism and Discretionary Philosophy Historically, as examined in 5 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – The Policy of It All, this installment articulated the core policy intent […]

4 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – 10 Must Have Resources

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 4 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Open-Access Empowerment via Curated Toolkits Historically, as examined in 4 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – 10 Must Have Resources, this installment introduced the definitive suite of free, self-directed […]

3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Phased Staging and Pragmatic Chronologies Historically, as examined in 3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business, this installment of the Centre O presentation series established the […]

2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Demystifying Immigration Fears Through Reassurance Historically, as examined in 2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk, this opening installment of the Centre O seminar […]

1 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Introduction

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Resource / 42 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Democratic Foundation of DIY Entrepreneur Advocacy Historically, as examined in 1 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Introduction, this foundational installment launched the landmark Centre O seminar series, […]

How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 2 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Overseas Gateway and Discretionary Substantive Evaluation Historically, as examined in How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?, this advisory piece addressed the strict jurisdictional boundaries governing Chinese nationals holding PRC passports […]

What to Do if You Find Yourself in the Hong Kong Visa ‘Twilight Zone’

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Special Programmes / 4 responses

Sometimes, Hong Kong residents find themselves changing employers or swapping from a sponsored employment visa to a business investment visa, when their current limit of stay expires and they find themselves ‘without a visa’ whilst the Hong Kong ID are working on their applications. In this instance, so long as you have an ‘active application’ […]

What Happens if You Inadvertently Breach Your Conditions of Stay by Taking Up an Unauthorised Employment in Hong Kong Without First Applying for a Change of Sponsorship?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas, VG Front Page / 10 responses

Under Hong Kong immigration law, foreign nationals are granted employment visa permissions to undertake work for a specific employer on the nominated terms and conditions of the employment agreement which underpins the work permissions granted on the issue of the initial visa, any subsequent change of sponsorship approval or your last employment visa extension. Any […]

UPDATE: Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visas for British Nationals – the Jury is Still Out After All

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing, Refusals & Appeals / 1 response

I am really grateful to Paula Walker of Crown Mobility for engaging last week on the topic of prolonged visitor visas for British nationals seeking to join their loved ones in Hong Kong. Following on from Thursday’s post (where I reported that UK nationals are no longer able to persuade ImmD to grant them prolonged visitor visas) […]