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Mar 2017

Hong Kong Visas For 2 Week Visitor Nationals – D-I-Y Visa – 100% Free!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing / 4 responses

On May 30, 2016 I gave a talk at the Russian Club Hong Kong on the types of Hong Kong visas available to those nationalities who are only granted a 2 week limit of stay as visitors upon arrival in the HKSAR.

This ‘2 week rule’ has a very real practical effect on citizens of countries affected and so this talk is designed is speak to nationals of such countries.

This 10th (and final) part of the talk discusses how to access all the resources to undertake any kind of residence visa in Hong Kong for free.

You can download the presentation slides here.

The Rest of the Series

Getting Started

Dealing With The 2 Week Visa Problem

Visas That Allow You To Work

Work For Yourself Or Someone Else?

The So-Called Start-Up Visa

The Study-then-Work Visa

Visas For Interns & Trainees

Visas for Very Smart People

Family Visas

The D-I-Y Visa – 100% Free!

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26

Feb 2017

I’m a British National Accompanying My Girlfriend Who’s Transferring to Hong Kong to Work for 2 Years – What Kind of Visa Can I Get to Join Her?

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

Frequent visitors to Hong Kong need to have bona fide reasons for coming here as often as they do and also need to be able to demonstrate to the examining Immigration Officer their need for such frequent visits in the event they are questioned at the point of arrival.

The following question enables a discussion of this experience and I’m grateful for the good doctor for asking it.

QUESTION

Hi, my girlfriend, a CPA with a Big 4 firm, will be transferring to Hong Kong to work for 2 years this coming May and I of course would like to go with her.

I work as a medic (diving medicine specialist) on oil rigs offshore Australia, on a 4 weeks on, 4 off rotation.

I do not intend to carry out work or receive payment in Hong Kong, or really do much at all except enjoy my time off and spend money.

We will have been together for four and a half years and cohabiting for two, as of the start of my girlfriend’s transfer.

We are both British citizens and passport holders.

So, I would need some sort of visa that would allow me to stay in HK for at least two years, without working, but making regular trips to conduct work overseas.

I’d be grateful for any advice you can give me on this matter. Thanks.

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23

Feb 2017

Can the Employer Sponsoring a Gay Employee’s Hong Kong Employment Visa Assist in Any Way in a Visa Application For an Accompanying Life-Partner?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 3 responses

With the prolonged visitor visa being a less than satisfactory yet ultimately practical solution to the issue of same sex partners in Hong Kong, it is hardly surprising that it throws up lots of questions and I am grateful to this questioner for raising the issues that he does.

QUESTION

Hi Stephen,

First a big thank you from me for putting out all this information so clearly and concisely.

Here’s my particular situation:

I work for a very large corporation based in Canada. and expect our Hong Kong office to offer me a full-time position sometime in the next couple of months.

I also have a same-sex partner. We are both Canadian citizens. We’ve lived together for a number of years and have enough required documentation (financial and otherwise) that I believe his application for prolonged visitor status would be successful. (His goal would be to eventually find employment in Hong Kong and apply for a change of status.

We both work in the same industry and he has decades of experience. I’ve listened to your PodCasts about keeping the Visit & Work processes and intentions separate from each other.

My question is as follows:

Should I raise this issue with my employer? I have a very good relationship with executive management and they value me as an employee. Is there any chance my Hong Kong based employer would submit my work visa application along with my partner’s prolonged visitor status application?

I’ve heard PodCasts from you saying that this might complicate my application. But is there a chance Hong Kong Immigration will respond more positively if both applications are coming together with the “backing” of a major international company?

What do you see as the pros/cons of doing it this way?

Alternatively, have you ever heard of a case where a company, as a goodwill gesture to their employee, will also sponsor an employee’s same-sex partner so that he/she has the right to remain permanently or to look for work in Hong Kong?

Or a case where a company will sponsor an employee’s same-sex partner and use them on a freelance or part-time basis, for a limited term?

I appreciate your guidance.

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16

Feb 2017

Hong Kong Visas For 2 Week Visitor Nationals – Family Visas

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Musing / 4 responses

On May 30, 2016 I gave a talk at the Russian Club Hong Kong on the types of Hong Kong visas available to those nationalities who are only granted a 2 week limit of stay as visitors upon arrival in the HKSAR.

This ‘2 week rule’ has a very real practical effect on citizens of countries affected and so this talk is designed is speak to nationals of such countries.

This 9th part of the talk discusses visas for accompanying loved ones.

You can download the presentation slides here.