Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

Are Such Facilities as Virtual Offices, Incubators, Serviced Offices & Co-working Spaces Deemed ‘Suitable Business Premises’ for the Purposes of a Hong Kong Business Investment Visa Application?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 4 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: The legacy position explored here—that serviced business suites, executive desks, or shared co-working memberships can serve as acceptable business premises for initial entry clearance—is now outright obsolete. Adjudicating officers have systematically eliminated accommodation for flexible, unsegregated office arrangements; ImmD now […]

Hong Kong Investment Visa Processing Times – Current Residents Much, Much (Much!) Faster Than Non Residents

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Procedural Velocity for Existing Residents Historically, as examined in Hong Kong Investment Visa Processing Times – Current Residents Much, Much, Much Faster Than Non-Residents, this advisory post highlighted a marked operational disparity in how the Immigration Department (ImmD) […]

How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Hadley Says…, Investment Visas / 2 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Overseas Gateway and Discretionary Substantive Evaluation Historically, as examined in How Can Mainlanders Establish Businesses in Hong Kong Under the General Employment Policy?, this advisory piece addressed the strict jurisdictional boundaries governing Chinese nationals holding PRC passports […]

WRAP UP: How to Apply for a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Public Talk by Stephen Barnes on January 17, 2013

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 34 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Consolidating the Philosophy of Self-Directed Discretionary Approval Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Wrap Up – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Public Talk by Stephen […]

Is It Actually Becoming Harder to Get Your Hong Kong Employment or Investment Visa Approved?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas / 10 responses

Becoming Harder to Get Your Hong Kong Employment or Investment Visa Approved? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Dispelling Perceptions of Administrative Hardening Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in Is It Actually Becoming Harder to Get Your Hong Kong Employment […]

The Economy at Home is Very Bad – So What Investment Visa Options Exist for You in Hong Kong?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Investment Visas / 11 responses

What Investment Visa Options Exist for You in Hong Kong? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Hong Kong as a Discretionary Safe Haven for Distressed Foreign Entrepreneurs Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in The Economy at Home is Very Bad […]

How to Ensure You Are Not Breaking the Law by Operating a Business in Hong Kong as a Visitor

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas / 4 responses

Operating a Business in Hong Kong as a Visitor? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Navigating Preparatory Acts Versus Operating as a Visitor Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in How to Ensure You Are Not Breaking the Law by Operating […]

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 […]

60 Pages or 7 Pages for Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Plan? It’s Your Choice…

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

Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Plan? PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Narrative Economy and Discretionary Persuasion Historically, as published by the Hong Kong Visa Geeza in 60 Pages or 7 Pages For Your Hong Kong Investment Visa Plan – Your Choice!, this advisory […]

Shareholder in the Company Employing You? What the Hong Kong Immigration Department Think…

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in 60 Second Snapshot, Employment Visas, Investment Visas / 4 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: The central warning of this piece—that the Hong Kong Immigration Department readily “looks through” corporate structures to dismantle any notion of “visa self-sponsorship”—carries vastly more severe consequences under the upgraded regime. Historically, when ImmD identified an employment visa applicant as […]