Do I Still Need a Hong Kong Working Visa if I’ve Been Placed on Gardening Leave?
Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Special Programmes, Your Question Answered / No responses
You always need a Hong Kong working visa to take up employment in Hong Kong whether paid or unpaid. What about if you are serving out your notice period on gardening leave?
(First Published June 4, 2015)
QUESTION
My friend resigned from his job with his Hong Kong employer in May and he was on placed on garden leave right away.Â
His last date of reporting is in November (he is serving out 6 months notice for his resignation).Â
However, his Hong Kong working visa will expire in the middle of this month (June).Â
The employer is not willing to help to extend his Hong Kong working visa.Â
Could you suggest anything my friend can do?
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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.
