Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 3 – Do You Have a Visa Problem?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 2 responses

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: This lecture prompts prospective applicants to diagnose their […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 2 – Policy

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

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: This lecture dissects the statutory foundation of the […]

How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Paying for Professional Help – 1 – Introduction

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Resource, VG Front Page / 2 responses

I have given this talk around town for the last couple of years now and so pleased to finally add it to our coverage of the Hong Kong investment visa. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Editorial Standard: This foundational introductory lecture sets the stage […]

Hong Kong Visas From 39,000 Feet @ General Assembly – Visas For Entrepreneurs

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 8 responses

On July 10, 2014 I was invited by the good folks at General Assembly to give an overview talk on the opportunities for their foreign national Alumni seeking to remain in Hong Kong after graduating from their excellent programmes. PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this presentation […]

QOTW: Can I Easily Swap Back to a Hong Kong Investment Visa from an Employment Visa Once Again?

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

Entrepreneur to employee and then back to being an entrepreneur again – what will the Hong Kong Immigration Department make of this scenario…? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this Question of the Week addressed a professional who had previously held an Investment as Entrepreneur […]

Appealing a Hong Kong Visa Refusal – Video Presentation by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Musing, Refusals & Appeals / No responses

What can you do if your residence visa application for Hong Kong has been denied? On March 21, 2014 I gave a presentation at the Chinese Club entitled Business Immigration to Hong Kong – A Practical Guide. This segment discusses how you can commence down the path of appealing a decision of the Hong Kong Immigration […]

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! […]

UPDATE! All Hong Kong Business Investment Visas Now Routinely Subject to Business Review

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

An occasional, important update from the Hong Kong Visa Centre… PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historically, this update alerted the community to an administrative shift by the Immigration Department: the institutionalization of mandatory, routine “business reviews” whenever an Investment as Entrepreneur visa holder applied for an […]

The Visa Geeza on RTHK Radio Three – July 2014

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Investment Visas, Musing, Visitor Visas / No responses

Back to see el-Maestro Whelan at RTHK Radio 3 yesterday – in the stinking hot showery weather to boot! Enjoyed my bi-monthly 15 minutes of fame with Phil early yesterday afternoon and discussed at length the further toughening of ImmD on business investment visa applicants. We also talked a lot about the Shenzhen Shutttle and went over […]

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UPDATE! If You Are Applying For a Hong Kong Business Investment Visa You Must See This!

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Resource / 6 responses

An occasional important update from the Hong Kong Visa Centre Two weeks ago, we had 3 business investment visas all refused on the same day. It is clear that the Hong Kong Immigration Department have recently gotten a lot tougher. If you intend to apply for a Hong Kong business investment visa, you must watch […]