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22 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Templates

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this installment in the flagship DIY Visa Guide series served as the practical engine room of the entire self-filing curriculum: providing open-source, downloadable templates for business plans, representation letters, financial projections, and document checklists for an Investment as Entrepreneur […]

21 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Case Studies

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 11 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this installment in the DIY Visa Guide series served as the empirical proof of concept for the self-filing philosophy: real-world case studies demonstrating how diverse, independent founders successfully navigated the Investment as Entrepreneur visa process under the General Employment […]

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this installment in the DIY Visa Guide served as the core factsheet and structural briefing for self-represented applicants, condensing the procedural lifecycle, statutory criteria, and operational expectations of an Investment as Entrepreneur visa under the General Employment Policy (GEP). […]

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this visual installment delivered an accessible, quick-reference infographic mapping the end-to-end journey of securing an Investment as Entrepreneur visa under the General Employment Policy (GEP) without professional representation. The infographic distilled the application workflow into a clean, navigable sequence: […]

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This comprehensive index of lecture materials and self-help tools must be recalibrated so DIY founders do not structure their applications around outdated benchmarks. Historical references across these materials suggesting that a few hundred thousand dollars in initial funding and a […]

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this installment in the DIY Visa Guide directly confronted the bitter pill of receiving an initial refusal from the Immigration Department on an Investment as Entrepreneur visa application, detailing how an unassisted founder could regroup, salvage the situation, and […]

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Procedural Pitfalls in the Discretionary Era Historically, as examined in 15 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Why Do Cases Get Denied?, this installment analyzed the primary failure modes […]