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Lots of visa gossip and rumours in Hong Kong and we can safely add the following question to that bucket…
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Processing a Hong Kong work visa application…
At the time when a Hong Kong visa agent submits an employment visa application on my behalf, is it then in fact considered problematic by Immigration that I’m already in Hong Kong on a visitor visa?
Will it make my case better to stay in my home country until the application has been submitted?
I have heard many divergent opinions on this.
For example to better be out of Hong Kong and not enter till after a minimum of 48 hours after submitting.
In this segment I discuss the nature of the prolonged visitor visa which the Hong Kong Immigration Department offer to trailing gay partner spouses and how it amounts to, essentially, a slippers and pipe visa!
In this segment I discuss the nature of the prolonged visitor visa which the Hong Kong Immigration Department offer to trailing gay partner spouses as a form of consolation prize for not being able to qualify for dependant visas when joining their loved ones in Hong Kong.
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 excellent professional relationship we have with Josephine Lau of Centre O Connect!
In this segment I set out the core problem that same sex partners face in seeking to secure immigration status when joining their loved ones in Hong Kong.