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