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Can You Work For a Single Client as a Pseudo-Employee Whilst Holding a Hong Kong Investment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

If you are granted a Hong Kong investment visa, does this allow you to (essentially) take up a dedicated employment on a consulting basis for a single client, effectively taking up a full time role to the exclusion of all other business opportunities for your self-owned company?

QUESTION

Hi,

I’m currently in the process of applying for my Hong Kong investment visa.

In addition, I have an interview for a consulting position with another organization.

They will not support me with the visa and have asked me if I can also work with an investment visa.

The answer I got from immigration was that I cannot take up a full-time position when holding only an investment visa and that I also need to apply for a work visa.

I was wondering if there is any possibility or workaround?

The consulting position is related to my start-up, so I thought about asking the organization to contract my company as a consultant.

I would appreciate your advice on my case.

Thank you very much in advance.

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10 Steps to a Successful Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Application – Step 7 – A Properly Set Up Office

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Telecommuting From a Job in China AFTER a Hong Kong Employment Visa Refusal…?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

What’s the situation if you’ve been refused an employment visa in Hong Kong and your employer then decides to engage you in China instead?

QUESTION

I am currently working for an international company with offices in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

I originally was hired by the Hong Kong office 1 year ago, but was denied an employment visa based on the grounds of what appears to be lack of adequate experience.

Consequently, my company relocated me to work in Mainland China in Shenzhen.

My company does also fully intend to locate me in Hong Kong as soon as possible, pending the successful obtainment of an employment visa.

As many of our project’s stake-holders are based in Hong Kong, I need to attend weekly meetings in Hong Kong for two days each week (Monday and Friday). Though the meetings do not last the entire day, in consideration of:

1. Border crossing is tedious and slow, and 2. My girlfriend is a Hong Kong resident and I’d like to spend my weekends with her.

My company allowed me to telecommute for Monday and Friday, and so I intend to stay in Hong Kong every week from Thursday night, to Monday night.

I will then return to my office in Shenzhen to work (and live) for Tuesday-Thursday.

 So my question is, perhaps obviously, is this going to be of any concern for my future employment visa application?

I know that attending meetings is OK, but I am unsure about this telecommuting aspect, although to be sure, my office is firmly located in Shenzhen, where I am also paid.

Finally, if I may also add:

I have one year of very professional experience, listed in my original application to the Hong Kong Immigration Department as an “Internship”, though in fact it was not officially an internship, and was not organized by my school.

It was a position I applied to in the traditional sense, in person, with a resume. I was subsequently interviewed and hired, signed a contract, and was paid well and worked full-time for the entirety of one year.

Far from being an office drone, I was involved in a very professional capacity. The only catch is that I had not yet graduated.

My question is: can it be argued that this experience counts as professional experience for the purpose of an employment visa application?

Your time and expertise is so greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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And it’s about time!

THE JUDGEMENT

Haven’t read the judgement yet but pleased with the outcome. We wait and see what happens now. The Court gave ImmD 2 weeks to sort the visa. Just heard in the last hour ImmD are going to take to the Court of Final Appeal.

We wait and see…

Check back soon.