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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza – What Forbes Thinks…

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Musing / 4 responses

  Rarely, in the lifespan of any commercial enterprise, do you have the privilege of learning that the hypothesis behind the configuration of your carefully developed business model was, after all, absolutely spot on. Especially in a very public way. Consequently, it came as a great surprise to me this weekend when I learned that […]

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – 7 Years… Starting When?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 9 responses

 10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application Given that the approvability test for “continuous ordinary residence” is essentially so flexible, it is reasonable to assume that the commencement date of the 7 years runs from the time that you first landed in Hong Kong and can objectively be assessed […]

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – “Continuous Ordinary Residence”?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 14 responses

10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application By definition, continuous ordinary residence is exactly that. For the purposes of the right of abode in Hong Kong, continuity of residence, at the very least, anticipates back to back residence visas of any such kind that qualify. This excludes certain types […]

The Case Management Engine of the Hong Kong Visa Centre – July 2013

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing / 1 response

It’s a quiet Saturday on a long weekend so I thought I’d post a picture of the ‘super team’ who are responsible for the  back office admin of our ever-increasing professional case load here at the Hong Kong Visa Centre. Having previously paid over up to 1/3rd of all revenues to Hong Kong landlords in […]

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – The Approvability Test

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 5 responses

10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application For long stay foreign nationals in Hong Kong, the approvability test for the right of abode is to show that you have been continuously and ordinarily resident here for a period of not less than 7 years. You also need to demonstrate […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – June 2013

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

When I appeared on Morning Brew over at RTHK Radio 3 yesterday, Phil kicked us off with a listener question about the interplay between Hong Kong and Chinese immigration. He then proceeded to unleash a barrage of different topics on me – from the kind of documentation needed to process a dependent visa, through to […]

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How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Are You A Foreign National?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 9 responses

  10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application There are in fact several categories of individuals under the basic law who are eligible for consideration for the right of abode in Hong Kong (relating mostly to Chinese nationals) but this presentation is limited to just one type of person, namely, […]

Hong Kong Visa Information, Help & Guidance On Your Mobile – 100% Free!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Resource / 5 responses

Actually, this is not new as such. We first released the mobile version of our websites in February 2012 but with the recent redesign of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook, the Hong Kong Visa Centre and the Hong Kong Visa Geeza blog, it kinda slipped into the background. So I’m taking the opportunity on this […]

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – 10 Must Have Resources

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 8 responses

 10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application To properly start off the presentation you need to appreciate that on the home page of our Blog, the Hong Kong Visa Geeza, you will find this resource – it’s called TEN MUST HAVE RESOURCES FOR A SUCCESSFUL HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENCY […]

How To Apply for the Right of Abode in Hong Kong – Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Long Stay & PR, Musing / 10 responses

 10 Must Have Resources for A Successful Hong Kong Right of Abode Application There are essentially 7 areas of consideration when making an application for the right of abode in Hong Kong and the cut and thrust of this talk will address each of these in turn. Naturally enough you need to know exactly what […]