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Hong Kong Visa Application – Student to Investment – With a Twist!

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Hong Kong Visa Application – Student to Investment? Historical Context: Fluid Status Transitions and Organic Business Formation Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Hong Kong Visa Application – Student to Investment – With a Twist!, this case study examined the procedural choreography of transitioning from a full-time postgraduate student visa to […]

The Shiny New D-I-Y Hong Kong Visa Kit – Get Yours Today – 100% FREE!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 22 responses

Getting a visa to live in Hong Kong can be a complicated process. Understanding what it takes to get your application approved is not easy to fathom as the Hong Kong Immigration Department website is informative but not especially useful. Instead you can use the free service from the Hong Kong Visa Centre. In the […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – Sept 2012

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing / 7 responses

Phil and I covered some interesting ground on Morning Brew yesterday morning, driven mostly by recent posts to this Blog. If you’re interested in hearing more analysis on the Mike Tyson situation, the crazy American who tried to sue his way into an employment visa and the long stay residence options for people holding Capital […]

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Hong Kong Unconditional Stay Status vs. the Right of Abode for CIES Visa Holders

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / 9 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: October 2026 Summary of Legacy Position: This piece tackles the classic question of whether merely holding a CIES visa for seven years automatically guarantees the Right of Abode (Permanent Residency). It clarifies that holding the visa is insufficient on its own if an investor has not satisfied the continuous “ordinary residence” test under […]

7 Years Residence in Hong Kong Under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme – What Permanent Residency Options Exist?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Your Question Answered / 2 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE 2026 How the Content Must Now Be Read in Light of the New CIES Policy Our original analysis addressed the critical Year 7 milestone for CIES visa holders, examining the dual pathways available under the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115): applying for the Right of Abode (RoA) (Permanent Residency) versus opting for Unconditional Stay […]

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Hong Kong Investment Visa – Case Which Would Not Get Approved Today

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, Your Question Answered / 10 responses

Hong Kong Investment Visa – Case Which Would Not Get Approved PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Organic Incubation and the Staged Readiness Runway Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Hong Kong Investment Visa Case Which Would Not Get Approved […]

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Hong Kong Investment Visa Approved Where the Funding Was Running Out

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Case Study, Investment Visas / 7 responses

Our clients were UK nationals, he was an RFID engineer and his wife was a marketing expert. They had an interesting business plan to use Hong Kong as a hub for a new business manufacturing and distributing a radio frequency identity device to be incorporated into consumer electronics working seamlessly with smart phones. Their intention […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – May 2012

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

On May 3rd Phil Whelan had me back on his Morning Brew show on Radio Three to talk about Hong Kong visa and immigration matters. It had been a while since I had seen him and spoken on the show, but it was as though almost nothing had changed (not least the stunning decor of […]

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How to Ensure You Are Not Breaking the Law by Operating a Business in Hong Kong as a Visitor

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas / 4 responses

Operating a Business in Hong Kong as a Visitor? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Navigating Preparatory Acts Versus Operating as a Visitor Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in How to Ensure You Are Not Breaking the Law by Operating […]

Hong Kong Investment Visas & Joseph Heller – What’s the Connection?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 3 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How to read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: In this classic editorial, the Geeza invokes Joseph Heller’s satirical novel Catch-22 to illustrate the quintessential immigration paradox facing foreign founders: by law, you cannot lawfully work or run a business in Hong Kong without an investment visa, yet the Immigration […]