Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

What is the Condition Precedent for Defacto Spouses In Securing a Prolonged Visitor Visa for Hong Kong?

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

First Published 27th June 2013 In Hong Kong, unmarried heterosexual life partners who share their lives as defacto spouses can’t apply for a dependent visa for the non principal visa holding partner. Instead they have to reply on a positive act of discretion of the Director of Immigration via an application for a prolonged visitor […]

How to Get a Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Approved – The Inside Scoop – Getting Approved

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 5 responses

On December 10, 2015 I gave a talk at Centre O Connect in Sheung wan setting out the nitty gritty of the Hong Kong entrepreneur visa since the implementation of the Enhancement Measures on May 6, 2015. In this segment, I discuss the criteria in play to anticipate an approval under the Business Investment Visa. […]

All The Basics You Need To Know About Food In Hong Kong.

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

All the basics you need to know about food in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a foodie city, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, it can be a little complicated! Coming to Hong Kong For The First Time?

INVITATION: Free Startup Academy Session – Setting Up Your New Company In Hong Kong @ The Headquarters Cowork on 27th February

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing / No responses

The Hong Kong Visa Centre has partnered with Neat and Zegal for the new Startup Academy. The Academy will focus on setting up your new company in Hong Kong.   Join us for our Startup Academy session on 27th February! Stephen Barnes, Co-Founder of Hong Kong Visa Centre will discuss the challenges start-up enterprises and other relatively new SME businesses face […]

How to Swap a Hong Kong Dependant Visa for a Hong Kong Work Visa – From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Musing, Sherpa / No responses

How to swap a Hong Kong dependant visa for a Hong Kong work visa – from 39,000 feet! We are presently building the website for our new corporate services proposition, Hong Kong Visa Sherpa. You can download an infographic of this video content here. We are bringing a whole new line of content to help companies […]

Business Review – The Sword of Damocles for Successful Hong Kong Investment Visa Applicants

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 1 response

If your investment visa has been approved but the Hong Kong Immigration Department believe your application was marginal, you can expect your visa to be subject to Business Review the first time that it comes up for extension. This works as follows: During your original application the HKID may not have been completely persuaded of […]

Hong Kong’s Not Got Talents – Visa Geeza on RTHK Backchat – November 21, 2018

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Musing / No responses

November 21, 2018 Visa Geeza on RTHK Backchat  –  Hong Kong’s Not Got Talents Last Wednesday I was invited to participate in a discussion entitled Hong Kong’s Not Got Talents on RTHK Radio 3 ‘s Backchat show hosted by Hugh Chiverton and Jenny Lam. My fellow contributors were Mark Michelson, Chairman CEO Forum, IMA Asia; […]

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LIFTING THE LID – Why The Hong Kong Visa Centre Doesn’t Take On Every Prospect Client Opportunity

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas / No responses

In this occasional series of commentary, I provide a peek inside our professional practice and offer a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of the Hong Kong Visa Centre team. In this short piece, I discuss the reason why, here at the Hong Kong Visa Centre, we end up only ever acting for […]

Hong Kong Investment Visa – Case Which Would Not Get Approved Today But Will Be Approved 9 ~ 12 Months From Now

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, Your Question Answered / No responses

First Published December 13, 2012 This question is a really interesting one as, from an immigration perspective, it suffers from the lack of a compelling reason for the owner of the business to be able to show the Hong Kong Immigration Department that she is in a position to make a substantial contribution to the […]

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Hong Kong Dependant Visas Finally Available To Same Sex Partners – New ImmD Policy

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Feature Article, Musing / 11 responses

Hong Kong dependant visas finally available to same sex partners! I will update the Hong Kong Visa Handbook section over the course of the next few weeks (it’s a quite a lot of work) but for now here is the new policy direct from the horses mouth (verbatum!) Immigration policy on entry of dependants revised […]