Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

Freelance Investment Visa For Hong Kong Where All Your Income is Sourced Overseas (A Digital Nomad Visa)??

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

Freelance Investment Visa For Hong Kong? Can You Freelance In Hong Kong As A Visitor Digital-Nomad Style … First Published September 30, 2018 – Updated October, 2026     What is the law about visitors working in Hong Kong as freelancers but not engaging in the local economy? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now […]

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Do You Need To Leave Hong Kong To ‘Activate’ A Hong Kong Employment Visa Extension?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Sherpa, VG Front Page, Your Question Answered / 8 responses

Do you need to leave Hong Kong to activate a Hong Kong employment visa extension of stay together with an accompanying dependant visa? Has Covid19 made any difference to the way the Hong Kong Immigration Department extend such status for currently resident foreign nationals? QUESTION Hi Visa Geeza. I’m asking a question that has already […]

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I Possess an APEC Business Travel Card – Will It Advantage Me in My Hong Kong Investment Visa Application?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

This question really is all about the Catch 22 which I have posted on quite a few times previously. However, there is an interesting twist in that the questioner has entered Hong Kong on an APEC Business Travel Card and none of his clients are actually based in Hong Kong. So I am grateful for […]

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Is There Any Fixed Residency Requirement for Retention of a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

First Published September 1, 2018 Not every stint for work or business means full time residency in Hong Kong so what to do about ‘half-timers’? QUESTION I am pursuing options to take up employment in Hong Kong and would like to know if there is any residence requirement for retention of a work visa. For […]

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What Visa Category Should I Use to Expand My SME Business Operations From Gibraltar to Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / 7 responses

First Published January 10, 2017 What Hong Kong visa category should I use to expand my SME business operations from my base in Gibraltar? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This cross-border expansion case study—evaluating whether an established overseas SME should enter Hong Kong via an […]

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How Can I Manage the Expiry of My Hong Kong Employment Visa With My Intention to Resign From My Job & Start My Own Business Here?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / 2 responses

Juggling commitments to your employer and your employment visa status can be challenging when you plan to quit and start your own business…   PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this strategic guide walked an employed professional through the delicate timing of resigning from a […]

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Hong Kong Immigration… What Does It Mean… Catch 22?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 3 responses

First Published August 29, 2016 The Hong Kong immigration Catch 22 – over the last 20 years or so I have coined a number of phrases in Hong Kong immigration parlance. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This editorial detailing how ImmD evaluates business creation by […]

Hong Kong Immigration Administrative Flux … What Does It Mean… ?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Musing, Refusals & Appeals, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas / 1 response

Hong Kong Immigration Administrative Flux… What Does It Mean… ?   Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration practice, navigating changes in personal or commercial circumstances frequently plunges a foreign resident into a state of procedural indeterminacy […]

What Happens to My Girlfriend’s Hong Kong Employment Visa if She Quits Her Job and We Get Engaged – Can She Carry on Working on the Strength of Our Relationship?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Your Question Answered / No responses

Does being formally engaged to be married to a Hong Kong Permanent Resident materially impact the work permissions available to an employment visa holding fiance? QUESTION I am a permanent resident of Hong Kong working here and I met my girlfriend who is currently employed and on a working visa. However she no longer wants to […]

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Is There Such an Animal as a Hong Kong Employment Visa for an Independant Contractor?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Your Question Answered / 3 responses

Hong Kong Employment Visa for an Independant Contractor? The General Employment Policy anticipates that foreign national Professionals seeking to work in Hong Kong are subject to a formal employer-employee relationship. So what’s the situation if the employer wants to engage you as a contractor? Is it do-able? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be […]

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