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How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 13 – Trying Again… (Sigh)

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Refusals & Appeals / No responses

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. This segment sets out  what to do if your Hong Kong visa applications has been denied by the Hong Kong Immigration Department. The talk was graciously hosted […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 12 – Why Cases Get Denied

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I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. This segment sets out the typical reasons why applications are denied by the Hong Kong Immigration Department and seeks to point out in advance the pitfalls […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 11 – Your Loved Ones

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

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. This segment discusses the immigration arrangements for accompanying family members of a Breadwinner seeking to get a Hong Kong investment visa as the principal applicant. The […]

LIFTING THE LID – How Important Are Word of Mouth Referrals to the Hong Kong Visa Centre?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas / No responses

In this occasional series of commentary, I provide a peek inside our professional practice and offer a glimpse of what it’s like to be part of the Hong Kong Visa Centre team. In this short piece I explain how the majority of our business here at the Hong Kong Visa Centre comes from word of […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 10 – The Catch 22

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

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. This segment speaks to the proverbial issue of having started your Hong Kong business before you have received the permission of the Hong Kong Immigration Department […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 9 – How Much Cash is Required?

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

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. This segment addresses specifically the expectations ImmD have as regards the capital sum on hand to be able to properly finance your new business (and with […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 8 – Approvability Test

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I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa, specifically discussing the specific requirements of what it takes to get a Hong Kong investment visa approved. The talk was graciously hosted at WYND Co-working Space, ran by a […]

Hong Kong Immigration Policy Changes – Discussion on RTHK Radio 3 – January 2015

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

The timing for my most recent visit to see Phil Whelan on Morning Brew was opportune as it was just a few short days after CY Leung announced there are to be changes in how Hong Kong’s immigration policy is to be configured commencing Q2, 2015. You can listen to our complete discussion of these […]

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2015 Immigration Policy Changes – the Inevitable Suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme

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

Long past its sell-by date and way beyond the ken of its originally intended constituency, CY Leung announced the suspension of the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme from the 15th of this month and at a swoop said ‘enough’ to the 20,000 moneyed mainlanders who lent the economy USD600 million over the course of the last […]

2015 Immigration Policy Changes – Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents (ASSG)

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In an initative to make life easier for the foreign born offspring of Chinese permanent residents settled abroad at the time of their birth, the Chief Executive of the HKSAR, CY Leung on November 15, 2015 announced the Admission Scheme for the Second Generation of Chinese Hong Kong Permanent Residents (ASSG) This short Update offers […]