A Visa For Entrepreneurs

3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Phased Staging and Pragmatic Chronologies Historically, as examined in 3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business, this installment of the Centre O presentation series established the […]

2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Demystifying Immigration Fears Through Reassurance Historically, as examined in 2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk, this opening installment of the Centre O seminar […]

1 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Introduction

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Resource / 42 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Democratic Foundation of DIY Entrepreneur Advocacy Historically, as examined in 1 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Introduction, this foundational installment launched the landmark Centre O seminar series, […]

How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 2 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Overseas Gateway and Discretionary Substantive Evaluation Historically, as examined in How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?, this advisory piece addressed the strict jurisdictional boundaries governing Chinese nationals holding PRC passports […]

What to Do if You Find Yourself in the Hong Kong Visa ‘Twilight Zone’

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Special Programmes / 4 responses

Sometimes, Hong Kong residents find themselves changing employers or swapping from a sponsored employment visa to a business investment visa, when their current limit of stay expires and they find themselves ‘without a visa’ whilst the Hong Kong ID are working on their applications. In this instance, so long as you have an ‘active application’ […]

What Happens if You Inadvertently Breach Your Conditions of Stay by Taking Up an Unauthorised Employment in Hong Kong Without First Applying for a Change of Sponsorship?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas, VG Front Page / 10 responses

Under Hong Kong immigration law, foreign nationals are granted employment visa permissions to undertake work for a specific employer on the nominated terms and conditions of the employment agreement which underpins the work permissions granted on the issue of the initial visa, any subsequent change of sponsorship approval or your last employment visa extension. Any […]

2 Hong Kong Visa Centre Clients Get a Mention in the South China Morning Post Today

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 1 response

http://www.scmp.com/business/money/markets-investing/article/1131033/ins-and-outs-immigration-visas Pleased to see our clients Steve Mansfield and David Lambert got a shout out in today’s SCMP in the wake of an interview I did with Tiffany Ap last week. She asked if I’d be prepared to introduce a few of our clients with a view to interview and, whilst the piece largely skated over […]

WRAP UP: How to Apply for a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Public Talk by Stephen Barnes on January 17, 2013

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 34 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Consolidating the Philosophy of Self-Directed Discretionary Approval Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Wrap Up – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Public Talk by Stephen […]

Statistically, What Are the Chances of Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Application Being Approved?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 15 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: High Statistical Approval Rates in the Discretionary Era Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Statistically, What Are the Chances of Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Application Being Approved?, this analysis evaluated published Immigration Department […]

How Flexible is the Admission of Mainland Talents & Professionals Scheme in Enabling Chinese Nationals to Come & Work in Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Special Programmes / 6 responses

The Admission of Mainland Talents & Professionals Scheme can be used in a number of creative ways to facilitate the entry of suitably qualified mainland residents to take up employment in Hong Kong. In spite of the general perception that it is hard for Chinese nationals to secure an employment visa in Hong Kong moving […]