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Stephen Barnes What’s Up Hong Kong Interview: Immigration, Visas, the Universe, Life & Everything

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

Yours Truly was interviewed by What’s Up Hong Kong in my favourite corner of Pacific Coffee (Fenwick Street / Lockhart Road in Wanchai)  last week and today the session was posted on their website for download and listening. Travis Jones, the founder of the site, has a vision to interview folks in Hong Kong who have something […]

19 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Factsheet

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 18 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

Hong Kong Visitors No Longer Get Visa Stamps In Their Passports

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

As of March 19, 2013 the Hong Kong Immigration Department have changed the way they process and record Visitors entering into Hong Kong. According to the blurb put out on the ImmD website… “..all arriving visitors at immigration control points will be issued with landing slips in lieu of stamping on their travel documents. The […]

18 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Infographic

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 18 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

17 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – 10 MUST USE Resources

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 18 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – March 2013

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

Phil Whelan welcomed me back to MorningBrew@RTHK  yesterday and we had a good chat about Hong Kong investment visas, employment visas, immigration policy generally and the case we had approved after an appeal to the Chief Executive way back when. We also talked generally about how the immigration process works and what happens if you […]

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16 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Trying Again

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 18 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

15 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Why Do Cases Get Denied?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 20 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

14 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Accompanying Family

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 19 responses

On January 17, 2013 I gave a talk at Centre O in Wanchai on how to go about applying for a Hong Kong business investment visa without the need to pay for any professional help. The 30 minute talk was broken down into 24 very easy to digest segments and each of these segments is presented here. The talk […]

Hong Kong Investment Visa Processing Times – Current Residents Much, Much (Much!) Faster Than Non Residents

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 3 responses

Something quite amazing happened earlier this week. Here follows the story… We submitted a change of category application for a current Hong Kong foreign national resident (sponsored employment to business investment) via the residents section on the 5th floor of Immigration Tower on February 6th. We did what we normally do, the client was well […]