Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

Hong Kong Employment Visa – Teenage High School Graduate Gets Approved!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Case Study, Employment Visas / 11 responses

There are about 15,000 Hong Kong employment visas granted each year. Every one of these applications is unique with its own particular qualities and circumstances. Consequently the application of the approvability test for permission to work in the HKSAR, obviously, differs from case to case. The test for approval places a burden on the applicant […]

Hong Kong Investment Visas & Joseph Heller – What’s the Connection?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 3 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How to read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: In this classic editorial, the Geeza invokes Joseph Heller’s satirical novel Catch-22 to illustrate the quintessential immigration paradox facing foreign founders: by law, you cannot lawfully work or run a business in Hong Kong without an investment visa, yet the Immigration […]

If I Didn’t Graduate from University, Will it Stop Me From Getting a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Hadley Says… / 5 responses

No, you don’t always need a degree to get an employment visa for Hong Kong. Definitely not! But instead, you have to have a lot of experience in your particular line of work. The Hong Kong Immigration Department are looking for special skills, knowledge or experience of value to and not readily available in Hong […]

Is There a Base Salary Requirement for a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas / No responses

Effectively, yes, there is. The target sum that you’re looking for is about 200,000 Hong Kong dollars a year. However, this sum is not in of itself, definitive. We’ve seen approvals down at the HKD186,000 level. And this amount is NOT the value of the cash salary to be paid. No, the HKD200,000 can amount to the total value […]

‘Temporary’ Hong Kong Investment Visa Approvals – What Does it Mean?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Investment Visas / 2 responses

Hong Kong Investment Visa Approval – Business Review PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Pragmatic Flexibility and Incremental Venture Building Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in 533, this entry from the Geeza archive addressed the foundational mechanics and strategic pacing […]