A Visa For Entrepreneurs

Foreign National Entrepreneurs Starting Up in Hong Kong or China – Where is Better for Visas?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 2 responses

   Image Courtesy of China Daily Mail     PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this comparative advisory piece tackled the strategic dilemma faced by international founders weighing whether to base their operations in Hong Kong versus Mainland China (the PRC), specifically contrasting the visa […]

Relocating to Hong Kong For Work or Business – Immigration Policy

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 9 responses

On June 13 I was invited to address the 2013 Monaco Trade Delegation to Hong Kong & China on the question of visas to live and work in Hong Kong. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this policy-level overview established the macro framework of Hong Kong immigration […]

Relocating to Hong Kong For Work or Business – The Last 20 Years

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas / 8 responses

On June 13 I was invited to address the 2013 Monaco Trade Delegation to Hong Kong & China on the question of visas to live and work in Hong Kong. The presentation delivered to the Monaco Trade Delegation in mid-2012 surveyed the preceding twenty years of Hong Kong immigration practice, defining a landscape marked by administrative gatekeeping, […]

Corporate Immigration in Hong Kong From 39,000 Feet

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Special Programmes / No responses

Useful summary of  Hong Kong’s corporate immigration programmes recently uploaded to Slideshare by Hong Kong law firm  OLN. FAQ on Corporate Immigration 10 Sept 2013 by OLN from linkedincontent_f16   More Stuff You May Find Useful or Interesting The reality behind the Hong Kong Immigration Department’s ’4 Weeks’ visa application consideration time frame How onerous […]

Relocating to Hong Kong For Work or Business – The Visa Question (Introduction)

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Resource, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 15 responses

On June 13 I was invited to address the 2013 Monaco Trade Delegation to Hong Kong & China on the question of visas to live and work in Hong Kong. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy regarding Entrepreneur visas: The post introducing the presentation to the […]

Interview: Has Hong Kong Ever Been Used as a Kind of Stepping Stone Into Another Immigration Jurisdiction?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over the last 20 years. We covered a great deal of ground in the 90 minutes we spent together and over the next few weeks I will be posting the interview […]

A Public Thank You to the Hong Kong Immigration Department

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 1 response

A few weeks ago we received instructions from a client who was needing to extend a Quality Migrant Admission Scheme visa on the strength of a new business she was in the process of implementing here in Hong Kong (after a few years of working as an employee under the QMAS programme). Still relatively new, […]

Interview: Is the Hong Kong Immigration Department Website Actually Fit For Purpose?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 16 responses

On June 6th, 2013 I was interviewed by five law students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong about my experiences practicing immigration here over the last 20 years. We covered a great deal of ground in the 90 minutes we spent together and over the next few weeks I will be posting the interview […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – August 2013

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing / 1 response

  Phil Whelan was on holiday in Bali  last week when we coordinated my visit to him on his Morning Brew show over at RTHK Radio 3 yesterday. It was clear that he’d been thinking about a few things visa and immigration related whilst sunning himself by the pool as no sooner had I sat […]

Podcast: Play in new window

The Anatomy of a Capital Investment Entrant Scheme Pathway to a HKSAR Passport for a Chinese National Resident on the Mainland

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Case Study, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR / 4 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE 2026 How the Content Must Now Be Read in Light of the New CIES Policy Our original article mapped out the multi-stage immigration mechanics required for a Mainland Chinese national to leverage the legacy CIES as a bridge toward an eventual HKSAR passport. Historically, this route hinged on securing third-country permanent resident status […]