Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

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 […]

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

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: This piece—which historically explains that marginal investment visa cases are granted “temporary” entry clearance subject to a formal Business Review at the initial extension milestone—must now be re-anchored from an exercise in discretionary leeway into an unyielding compliance audit. Under […]

Hong Kong Employment Visa Self-Sponsorship – the Reality for Entrepreneurs Dressed as Employees

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

If you are an entrepreneur seeking permissions to join in your own business in Hong Kong, you can’t fudge the issue of the ownership of your own business No matter how you dress it up, the Hong Kong Immigration Department will treat you as an entrepreneur-investor if your company is less than 2 years old […]