Can I Interview For New Job Opportunities in Hong Kong If I Hold a Temporary Training Visa Here?
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The Hong Kong training visa is designed to allow foreign nationals to come to Hong Kong for a limited time to undergo or deliver training. Will ImmD entertain an application from a training visa holder to take up employment with another business while that training is ongoing?
QUESTION
Dear Visa Geeza,
Thanks in advance for your help.
I’m currently on a training visa, but interviewing with potential employers for a full-time position.
In case I decided to cut my training period short, would I be able to apply for a work visa within the validity of my trainee visa?
In that case – upon approval of the work visa – would the ID automatically “cancel” my trainee visa and issue me with a work visa sticker?
Thanks
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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.
