Is It Possible to Cancel a Hong Kong Visa Application and, If So, How Do You Go About Doing It?
Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Hadley Says…, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 4 responses
It happens sometimes.
For one reason or another, an application for a Hong Kong visa, of any type really, may need to be cancelled mid way through the process.
The question is begged, therefore, about how to go about doing this?
The answer is quite straightforward.
You simply write to the Hong Kong Immigration Department citing your full name, passport or Hong Kong ID card number and the file reference for your application which you will have received at the time you filed your application or otherwise a couple of weeks into it.
There is no need to state your reasons for withdrawing your application just that you no longer wish to pursue it.
2 or 3 weeks later, you should then receive a letter back from the Hong Kong ID confirming receipt of your withdrawal request and their advisory that indeed the application has been denoted as cancelled.
Easy.
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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.
MG
Hi there,
Would you help me to understand if the dependent parent’s visa application can be canceled or hold for the period of time. Also if dependent visa got granted, can they live outside of HK more than 6 months if needed?
Your help is really appreciated.
Thank you
The Visa Geeza
You can’t ‘hold’ an application. You will need to withdraw and reapply when ready. If they spend 6/12 months away this will not be a problem for visa renewal. It might impact on a PR application after 7 years though.