Towards the end of last year I was asked to talk about “marketing” at Entrepreneur Conf. at KPMG. I chose the title How To Create A Never Ending Stream of Customers By Building A Monopoly for a very good reason.
Q – Would you ask a public forum for advice on how to get your teenage daughter off drugs?
Q – Would you ask a public forum for advice on how to answer a tax question from the HK IRD?
Q– Would you ask a public forum about how to make an application to the court to secure custody for your child?
In the main, of course, the answer is no.
You would seek the advice of an expert.
These questions are simply too important to be dealt with via the well meaning but ultimately emperically derived experience of strangers who have no accountability for the advice that they offer up.
The same applies to Hong Kong immigration questions too.
Down the years I have tried to answer a great many Hong Kong visa and immigration questions posed on public forums but mostly the webmasters refuse to post my answers because they contain links to really good advice on our websites.
They are concerned that the quality of our content will direct visitor traffic away from their forums – which is understandable.
However this means that the advice offered up on their websites is of massively variable quality.
There is some shockingly bad advice posted on public forums, but also some accurate advice too.
The problem is, which is which?
Just like advertising, only 50% of it works – it’s just that nobody actually knows which half!
So do Hong Kong visa and immigration public forums actually help?
My response is to provide an alternate opportunity to access expert immigration advice and provide accurate answers via PodCast or otherwise in a video format – also pointing out the folly of some of the suggested answers to the questions posed.
Let’s at least get some quality advice circulating.
In the Q&A session which followed the fireside chat I was asked by Josh Steimle how you might be able to get a Hong Kong work visa application approved by finagling an interim intercompany transferee situation.
Hong Kong Visa Expert? In the Q&A session after the interview, I was asked about how my expertise in Hong Kong immigration came about and I was delighted to set out for the record how one becomes ‘good’ at immigration in the HKSAR.
What is the impact on your eligibility for the right of abode if you hold an IANG visa but are without an employer at the time you apply for your permanent residency?
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
I am currently in Hong Kong on IANG visa. My last extension for IANG visa was a year ago.
However, shortly after the approval of my IANG visa I ceased to be employed by the sponsoring company. But, due to the flexible nature of IANG visa I was able to secure free lance work.
During this period I have crossed the 7 year mark but I still do not have a full-time regular employment.
I have maintained continuous stay in Hong Kong for the past 7 years and my absences from Hong Kong amount to 2 months in total in the period of 7 years.
I have also maintained back-to-back residence visas for the past 7 years.
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.
This 8th (and final) segment of the talk sets out all the resources available on our websites that you will need to undertake a successful application for this type of visa without needing to pay for any professional help. Here, also, are the 10 Must Have Resources discussed in the talk, along with a synopsis of the various accredited programmes found here.
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.
