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Why Pay For Professional Help in Your Hong Kong QMAS Application When You Really Can Do It All By Yourself!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Special Programmes / 17 responses

How the Content Must Now Be Read in Light of the Updated QMAS (Quality Migrant Admission Scheme) Policy In the candid advisory piece Why Pay For Professional Help in Your Hong Kong QMAS Application When You Really Can Do It All By Yourself!, the foundational thesis centers on demystifying the application process and discouraging applicants […]

Social Media Keeping Hong Kong Immigration Consultants On Their Toes – Scary Stuff!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 12 responses

First Published June 17, 2102 Hong Kong Immigration Consultants – this video ‘testimonial’ of our client came as a pleasant surprise but also with a great shock. At the time we were working on Annette’s Hong Kong investment visa application, we had no idea she was keeping a video log of the experience. Whilst we […]

The Hong Kong Immigration Department Official Video – Almost 10 Minutes of “Why Bother”?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 4 responses

The Hong Kong Immigration Department official video was released in June of 2012. As of the date of this post, their video had 35,000 views. This video is a typical government work of art – which begs the question as to why they produced it in the first place? Lots of smiling faces, stirring music […]

Eligibility Criteria for the Hong Kong Working Holiday Visa Scheme

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Special Programmes / 89 responses

Image: dontstopliving.net The Hong Kong working holiday visa programme first came into play in April 2001 and is meant to aid cultural and education exchanges between HK and those nations who take part on a bi-lateral basis. Participants in the Hong Kong Working Holiday Scheme are not permitted to engage in permanent employment and should […]

The 10 Key Reasons Why Foreigners Seek Visas to Live and Work in Hong Kong

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Special Programmes / 10 responses

First Published June 3, 2012 Migration demographic analyses first came into play in 1885 in the Journal of the Statistical Society when geographer Ernest George Ravenstein essayed what he termed the “Laws of Migration” seeking to set out an explanation for and attempting to predict migration patterns in England. In his seminal paper, Ravenstein compared […]

How to Get a Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa Approved – The Inside Scoop – Getting Approved

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 5 responses

On December 10, 2015 I gave a talk at Centre O Connect in Sheung wan setting out the nitty gritty of the Hong Kong entrepreneur visa since the implementation of the Enhancement Measures on May 6, 2015. PRACTICE UPDATE: How to read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: This “inside scoop” editorial […]

All The Basics You Need To Know About Food In Hong Kong.

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Musing / No responses

All the basics you need to know about food in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a foodie city, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for, it can be a little complicated! Coming to Hong Kong For The First Time?

INVITATION: Free Startup Academy Session – Setting Up Your New Company In Hong Kong @ The Headquarters Cowork on 27th February

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

The Hong Kong Visa Centre has partnered with Neat and Zegal for the new Startup Academy. The Academy will focus on setting up your new company in Hong Kong.   Join us for our Startup Academy session on 27th February! Stephen Barnes, Co-Founder of Hong Kong Visa Centre will discuss the challenges start-up enterprises and other relatively new SME businesses face […]

How to Swap a Hong Kong Dependant Visa for a Hong Kong Work Visa – From 39,000 Feet (Whiteboard Animation)

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Musing, Sherpa / No responses

How to swap a Hong Kong dependant visa for a Hong Kong work visa – from 39,000 feet! We are presently building the website for our new corporate services proposition, Hong Kong Visa Sherpa. You can download an infographic of this video content here. We are bringing a whole new line of content to help companies […]

Business Review – The Sword of Damocles for Successful Hong Kong Investment Visa Applicants

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this advisory explored the tension surrounding the periodic business review—the “Sword of Damocles” hanging over successful entrepreneur visa holders when applying for an extension of stay. The Geeza explained that initial approval was merely the opening act; the real […]