Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

5 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – The Policy of It All

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 21 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Pragmatic Economic Protectionism and Discretionary Philosophy Historically, as examined in 5 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – The Policy of It All, this installment articulated the core policy intent […]

4 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – 10 Must Have Resources

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

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Open-Access Empowerment via Curated Toolkits Historically, as examined in 4 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – 10 Must Have Resources, this installment introduced the definitive suite of free, self-directed […]

3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Phased Staging and Pragmatic Chronologies Historically, as examined in 3 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Order of Business, this installment of the Centre O presentation series established the […]

2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing / 26 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: Demystifying Immigration Fears Through Reassurance Historically, as examined in 2 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Relax & Enjoy The Talk, this opening installment of the Centre O seminar […]

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

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Investment Visas, Musing, Resource / 42 responses

PRACTICE UPDATE: How the content must now be read in light of current ImmD policy: Historical Context: The Democratic Foundation of DIY Entrepreneur Advocacy Historically, as examined in 1 – How to Apply For a Hong Kong Investment Visa Without Any Professional Help – Introduction, this foundational installment launched the landmark Centre O seminar series, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]