Results for 'rthk'

Global From Asia Video PodCast: More on the Recent Toughening Up By ImmD on Hong Kong Investment Visa Applications

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 4 responses

A couple of weeks ago, Michael Michelini interviewed me for his Global From Asia PodCast show… This was my second interview with Mike (first one here), so this time I invited him to come along to the Video Cha Cha studio so we could capture the session on video too. Two birds with one stone! He was keen to explore further the implications of my recent Update for foreign national entrepreneurs seeking to start up in Hong Kong. I hope you…

Can I Extend My Hong Kong Visitor Visa If I Am Stuck Here Due to COVID19?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in VG Front Page, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 2 responses

I get 30-40 questions each week and not all of them merit a podcast answer. Some are answered quickly via email and for the next few days I’ll post some of these anonymised replies here. Can I Extend My Hong Kong Visitor Visa If I Am Stuck Here Due to COVID19? QUESTION Hi I’m here on a visitor visa, which I’ve already extended for a further 2 months. If I leave Hong Kong to do a visa run, I won’t be able to return…

Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visas No Longer Available to British National Trailing Life Partners

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 2 responses

It has recently become apparent that British Citizens can no longer receive Hong Kong Prolonged Visitor Visas to stay in Hong Kong with their defacto spouses and Life Partners… Update: the issue remains open, after all… QUESTION Hi I moved here with my partner two years ago for his job and since then have been on a student visa. Unfortunately I’ve had to leave my course due to illness. I used your excellent free resources to…

Podcast: Play in new window

Return2hk – Quarantine Travel Scheme for Hong Kong Residents

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Musing, VG Front Page / No responses

Fast moving – no experience with it yet – here is the Government blurb … Introduction Pursuant to section 12 and 12A of the Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation (the Regulation) (Cap. 599C), the Secretary for Food and Health would specify Guangdong Province and Macao as Category 2 specified places in China with effect from November 23, 2020. She would further specify the conditions for the…

The National Security Law – Impact On Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Applications

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

The times they are a changin’… The National Security Law – Impact On Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Applications It is inevitable that the National Security Law will impact how the Hong Kong Immigration Department will undertake their duties as the front line guardians of our borders. As is all things Hong Kong immigration, ImmD do not publish any updates on their website or to a government gazette setting out how policy is…

Hong Kong Visa Information In Less Than 60 Seconds

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Case Study, Resource, VG Front Page, Your Question Answered / No responses

From my new YouTube Shorts channel. Perhaps you can Subscribe please? Once this channel gets to 100 Subscribers, I can name it officially the Visa Geeza channel! I have historically never given much thought to YouTube but in recent times have figured out how it really works to help connect with folks who need answers to Hong Kong visa questions. So here we are! If you’re looking for critical Hong Kong visa information in bite sized…

Hong Kong Work Visas-Criminal Record Declaration Now Needed

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, Sherpa, Special Programmes, VG Front Page / No responses

Hong Kong Work Visas-Criminal Record Declaration Applicable to New CIES Visas Too Wider Applicability Starting in February last year, the government announced that various immigration programmes in Hong Kong would be modified, requiring applicants to declare their criminal record status before obtaining an entry visa to come and live in the HKSAR (and not just those arriving for employment). With the recent launch of the New Capital Investment…

Podcast: Play in new window

VisaGeeza.Ai | Hong Kong Immigration Ai | Coming Very Very Soon

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Ai, Hadley Says…, Musing, Resource, VG Front Page / 2 responses

Over the Last 8 Months we Have Moved Our Hong Kong Immigration Ai Activities Forward Significantly Resulting in what we have called VisaGeeza.Ai, our Hong Kong Immigration Ai has turned out to have been a huge endeavour. It was much more involved that we original anticipated as it’s all new and there’s no one to copy or emulate (yet). VisaGeeza.Ai – Our Hong Kong Immigration Ai Will Encompass the Following 3 Components: (1) A…

Postgraduate Students In Hong Kong Allowed 20-Hour Weekly Work Limit

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Special Programmes / No responses

Postgraduate Students Can Now Work Freely 20 Hours Weekly in Hong Kong Postgraduate Students in Hong Kong – Good News On October 26, a significant announcement was made by the Hong Kong Government concerning international students in Hong Kong. Postgraduate Students in Hong Kong – Now Free To Work Effective from November 1 (today), there will be a provisional exemption for full-time non-local postgraduate students from the…

Shenzhen Residents Get Unlimited 7 Day Visits To Hong Kong

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Feature Article, Musing, VG Front Page / No responses

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 Scheme (IVS). Permanent residents of Shenzhen, as well as residence permit holders,…

Podcast: Play in new window