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What Does It Take To Get A Hong Kong Investment Visa Approved?

December 6th, 2024

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Securing an approval for an investment visa is one of the hardest challenges there is in the realm of Hong Kong immigration practice. Your mission is to pass the approvability test and demonstrate definitively to the Hong Kong Immigration Department that you can make a substantial contribution to the economy of Hong Kong as a […]

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How Will Your Employment Visa Application Be Impacted If The Hong Kong Company Employing You Is New?

December 3rd, 2024

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Where your proposed employer is a brand new company you can expect the Hong Kong Immigration Department to look very closely at the enterprise to make sure that it is in fact a suitable sponsor for your working visa permissions. In many ways, the due diligence which the Hong Kong ID undertake is very much […]

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Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… One Year Rule?

November 26th, 2024

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Over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance. In this short video, I discuss the One Year Rule as it applies to PRC nationals applicants  for resident visa status in Hong Kong. The one-year rule is where a PRC national who wants to come to […]

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Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… Twilight Zone?

November 15th, 2024

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Over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance.In this short video, I discuss the Hong Kong visa Twilight Zone. The twilight zone is where you’re an existing resident, your current conditions of stay prevail, but because you’ve made an application to the Immigration Department to […]

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Is it Better To Apply For Your Visa Before Or After You Move To Hong Kong?

October 21st, 2024

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When considering whether to apply for your visa before or after relocating to Hong Kong, it’s important to weigh the pros and cons of each option in relation with the type of visa you are applying for As a matter of fact there are some types of Hong Kong immigration status where the rules are […]

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QOTW: What Happens If My Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Extension Application Is Refused?

October 18th, 2024

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What is the story if your Hong Kong entrepreneur visa extension application is refused by the Immigration Department? QUESTION  OF  THE  WEEK If my Hong Kong entrepreneur visa extension application is rejected, is there a grace period after the visa expiration? If there is a grace period and during which I secure an employee visa, […]

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What You SHOULD NOT DO When Renewing Or Extending Your Hong Kong Working Visa!

October 14th, 2024

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Extending your Hong Kong working visa? The beauty of the Hong Kong immigration services professio is that there is a ready pool of customers for both our professional services and also our free-of-all-cost information resources (on both this Blog and also our flagship D-I-Y  Guide Hong Kong Visa Handbook.) Some foreign nationals come, some go […]

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The Challenge Of Visa Approvability For Freelance Writers & Reporters In Hong Kong

September 19th, 2024

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Freelance writers & reporters in Hong Kong are often faced with a round-pegs-in-square-holes visa situation that is not easily resolved. This post attempts to deal with the challenge of visa approvability for these people and shed some light on what is actually do-able from an immigration perspective. QUESTION I am currently a full-time reporter in […]

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Your Hong Kong Visa Application Status Can Be Checked Online…..Yeah Right!

September 12th, 2024

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This article deals with the option for an applicant to check online their visa application status. If you’ve made an application for a residence visa here, the Hong Kong Immigration Department provide you with a website URL and login credentials so that you can ‘track’ the progress of your case as it travels its way […]

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Hong Kong Business Investment Visas – The Catch 22 For Foreign National Entrepreneurs

August 28th, 2024

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  There are 2 pathways you can follow to apply for a business investment visa for Hong Kong. 1. You can be in Hong Kong as either as resident or a visitor seeking to adjust your immigration status to join in an existing, or establish a new, business; or 2. You can apply prospectively for […]

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