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Hong Kong Entrepreneur Visa (Business Investment) – A Practical Guide

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The Hong Kong entrepreneur visa (business investment) is arguably the most challenging immigration status to acquire in the HKSAR… PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This primary portal page—which historically outlines the general qualification principles and describes an approvability test accommodating early-stage commercial concepts—must now serve as […]

A Detailed Business Plan For Your Hong Kong Investment Visa? – Not Really…

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PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This article’s lighthearted reassurance that “HKID no more wants to read a 60-page business plan than you want to write one” must not be mistaken for administrative leniency regarding operational rigor. While ImmD still abhors fluff, case officers now enforce […]

Hong Kong Immigration Department Increase Service User Fees MASSIVELY TODAY

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Hong Kong Immigration Department Increase Service User Fees New Visa Fee Structure for Visa Applications Effective from 26 February 2025 (TODAY) Starting from 11 a.m. on 26 February 2025 (the “commencement time”), applicants submitting an application under any of the visa types listed below, will be required to pay an application fee and a visa […]

Unemployed Employment Visa Holders Can No Longer Change To Top Talent Pass Visa Status

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Unemployed Holders of Employment Visas Are No Longer Eligible to Change to Top Talent Pass Visa Focus Appears To Be On Attracting New Talent & Not Enabling ‘Out of Luck’ Existing Talent  – Click To Download The Guidebook –  PRACTICE UPDATE: October 2026 Historical Context: The TTPS as an Unconditional Life Raft for Displaced Professionals […]

Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship | A Whole New String To My Bow | GO-FOR-GOLD

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Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship GO-FOR-GOLD A New Way to Quickly & Very Cost-Effectively Secure Sierra Leone Permanent Residency And Citizenship INTERVIEW How to Design a Residency by Investment Program from Scratch: The Case of Sierra Leone Jason Black (JB) the press representative of Hong Kong Visa Centre, interviews Stephen Barnes, a leading figure […]

Is The Hong Kong Immigration Department Website Actually Any Use To Visa Applicants?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas / 2 responses

The Hong Kong Immigration Department website is good for a few things but not very good at all where it counts – namely, indicting to you your chances of success in getting your Hong Kong residence visa application approved. You see, immigration policy in Hong Kong is governed by highly confidential guidelines which the general […]

Shenzhen Residents Get Unlimited 7 Day Visits To Hong Kong

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Shenzhen Residents Now Eligible for Unlimited 7-Day Visits to Hong Kong The Visa Geeza Discusses On RTHK Radio 3 Today   Shenzhen Residents Get Unlimited 7-Day Visits to Hong Kong Starting December 2024 From 1 December 2024, Shenzhen residents will enjoy greater travel flexibility to Hong Kong with the reinstatement of the multiple-entry Individual Visit […]

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How Do You Go About Changing Your Hong Kong Employment Visa Sponsorship At Immigration Tower?

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If you have left the employ of your current Hong Kong employment visa sponsor, or even just thinking of doing so, you need to undergo what is known as a change of sponsorship application before you start working for anyone else in Hong Kong, including yourself! FIRST PUBLISHED APRIL 19, 2013 – STILL OF INTEREST […]