Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

How Important Are Employment Testimonials in a Hong Kong QMAS Visa Application?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Special Programmes, Your Question Answered / 8 responses

The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme is designed to attract ‘top notch’ talents to the HKSAR and, by my reckoning, only about 5% of applicants ever receive a Golden Ticket. Of course if you happen to have a Nobel prize or you are an Olympiad with a medal to your name, the odds of an approval […]

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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 […]

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 a visa to take up an employment in Hong Kong. The answer is, it all depends. In the case of intercompany transferees, certainly not. The […]

Mike Tyson: Welcome in Hong Kong, New Zealand Say No, Australia Still Deciding

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

Well, it’s hardly news that convicted rapist Mike Tyson made it to Hong Kong last month. At least now know the impact  a criminal record can have on your application for an employment visa here (maybe). What is news is that New Zealand yesterday decided they didn’t want to have him grace their shores after […]

Is the Travel Pass as Good as a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

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

The Travel Pass is designed for frequent visitors to Hong Kong who have a current, pre-existing employment outside of the HKSAR that is going to continue in the future. Moreover, The Travel Pass requires that your frequent visits here will be of benefit to Hong Kong. You also need the support of a local contact […]

The Anatomy of a ‘Slam Dunk’ Hong Kong Investment Visa Application Taking Just 7 Weeks to Approval!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Case Study, Investment Visas / 15 responses

Something extremely rare happened to us yesterday. For the first time in yonks, we had a business investment visa approved on the strength of a single submission. Yep, one single lodgment of the application bundle with none of the normal to-ing and fro-ing with the Hong Kong Immigration Department over the course of the usual […]

10 Must Have Resources for Same Sex Partner Visa Applications in Hong Kong

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing / 24 responses

Same sex partners struggle with Hong Kong immigration applications for the simple, yet wholly unsatisfactory, reason that true equality has not yet arrived in the HKSAR. I have compiled these 10 resources to help you apply for a gay partner visa for Hong Kong. If you need specific answers, as always, please feel free to […]

How Will Your Employment Visa Application be Impacted if the Hong Kong Company Employing You is New?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 3 responses

Where your proposed employer is a brand new company you can expect the Hong Kong Immigration Department to look very closely at the enterprise to make sure that it is in fact a suitable sponsor for your working visa permissions. In many ways, the due diligence which the Hong Kong ID undertake is very much […]

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

Securing an approval for an investment visa is one of the hardest challenges there is in the realm of Hong Kong immigration practice. Your mission is to pass the approvability test and demonstrate definitively to the Hong Kong Immigration Department that you can make a substantial contribution to the economy of Hong Kong as a […]

Why Do Hong Kong Investment Visas Get Denied?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Investment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, VG Front Page / 19 responses

The approvability  test for a Hong Kong investment visa is that you have to show you are in a position to make a substantial contribution to the economy of Hong Kong. If you can do this through the calibre of your business plan and the manifest strength of your investment visa application then you can […]