Hong Kong Visas Made Easy

Hong Kong Investment Visas & Joseph Heller – What’s the Connection?

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

If you’re in Hong Kong as either a Visitor or a resident and you want to start your own business you need to make an investment visa application at the Hong Kong Immigration Department.

But there is a Catch 22

It goes like this:

– You cannot join in a business until the consent of the Hong Kong Immigration Department is secured.
– You can’t secure the consent of the Hong Kong Immigration Department without showing contribution to Hong Kong.
– You can’t show contribution to Hong Kong without joining in a business
– You cannot join in a business until the consent of the Hong Kong Immigration Department is secured!

The Hong Kong ID understand this problem and will help you with it.

What they do is encourage you to apply for your  investment visa right at the very start of your business not later on after ‘it’s all moving forward’.

If you don’t apply at the outset, they could choose to prosecute you.

So best to apply early!

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If I Didn’t Graduate from University, Will it Stop Me From Getting a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says… / 5 responses

No, you don’t always need a degree to get an employment visa for Hong Kong.

Definitely not!

But instead, you have to have a lot of experience in your particular line of work.

The Hong Kong Immigration Department are looking for special skills, knowledge or experience of value to and not readily available in Hong Kong. Not just a degree!

It’s really all about ‘human capital’ and keeping Hong Kong’s economy competitive.

If you genuinely have talent and experience, it doesn’t matter whether you have letters after your name or not!

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60 Pages or 7 Pages for Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Plan? It’s Your Choice…

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

If someone has told you that you need a fully fledged business plan in support of your Hong Kong investment visa, don’t believe them because it’s not true.

Most definitely have your plans, intentions and money flows written down and make sure your business is planned, but don’t be intimidated into drawing up a formally prepared plan.

The Hong Kong Immigration Department no more want to read a 60 page business plan in support of your investment visa application, than you want to write one.

Instead, download the Business Investment Visa templates from the Hong Kong Visa Handbook and  save your time money and stress all at the same time.

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What’s the Basic Income of a Typical Hong Kong Employment Visa Holder?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says… / 5 responses

Many employment visa applicants and the companies which want to hire them struggle with the question of what’s the minimum salary for visa approval?

The answer is quite easy really:

– The target should be two hundred thousand hong kong dollars each year

– This is the total value of the employment not just the amount of salary paid

– So you can break it down into different heads of value

– As long as it comes to about 200,000 hong kong dollars then the essential minimum will be met

 But bear in mind this is just the minimum

The more you get paid the easier it is to get approved!

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Can I Apply for a Residence Visa for Hong Kong While I Am Visiting?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Special Programmes / 2 responses

In making your decision about making your Hong Kong residence visa application from inside or outside of Hong Kong you really need to consider:

• That some types of visa applications such as Mainland Talents and Permanent Residency require you to be specifically inside or outside of Hong Kong when you apply but for most cases it doesn’t matter where you are.

• As a visitor, how many days are you allowed to remain in Hong Kong each stay as it take 7-8 weeks for a residence visa application to be finalised and you don’t want to be running across to Shenzhen or Macau every 1 or 2 weeks to get your visitor visa extended as you wait for the Hong Kong ID to tell you the result.

• You are not advantaged or disadvantaged in any way by where you are when your application is submitted as the HKID will treat the case the same way in any event.

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Can I Apply for a Visa After I Have Moved to Hong Kong or Should I Apply Beforehand?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas / 2 responses

In some cases, you simply must be outside of Hong Kong to apply. In others, you definitely have to be in Hong Kong on the day your application is filed. It all depends. There are pros and cons and a lot depends on your nationality too!

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Is There a Base Salary Requirement for a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas / No responses

Effectively, yes, there is. The target sum that you’re looking for is about 200,000 Hong Kong dollars a year. However, this sum is not in of itself, definitive. We’ve seen approvals down at the HKD186,000 level. And this amount is NOT the value of the cash salary to be paid. No, the HKD200,000 can amount to the total value of the employment each year.

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