Hong Kong Visa & Immigration Topics

Can I Look For A Job In Hong Kong And Attend Interviews If I Only Hold A Visitor Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 5 responses

Can I Look For A Job In Hong Kong And Attend Interviews?   Short and sweet this one, just as I like ’em!     Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration law, foreign nationals frequently experience […]

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How Can I Convert My Foreign Domestic Helper Visa To A Dependant Visa After Marriage To A Hong Kong Permanent Resident?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Family Visas, Your Question Answered / 28 responses

Can you swap from a foreign domestic helper visa to a dependant visa whilst in Hong Kong? QUESTION My domestic helper, from the Philippines, is married to a Hong Kong Permanent Resident. Her contract with me expires in April and they want to apply for a dependent visa for her. Is this possible, what are […]

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Hong Kong Employment Visa – Can I Transfer To Malaysia For Work Yet Leave My Family Behind In Hong Kong To Carry On Our Lives Here?

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

Is it possible to stop working in Hong Kong under an employment visa, move to another country to work yet leave your family behind to continue their lives in here without you day to day? QUESTION Hi, I have got valid Hong Kong employment visa and i am living in Hong Kong since last 4 […]

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Can I Easily Return To (And Then Remain In) Hong Kong As A Visitor Once My Current Employment Visa Has Expired?

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

Current Employment Visa Has Expired? Sometimes, people find themselves in a state of ‘administrative flux‘ as one employment visa ends and the circumstances for a new employment visa have not yet, for one reason or another, materialised. The question is, however, can you easily return to / be in Hong Kong as a visitor whilst […]

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Hong Kong Visas For Aged Parents – What Options Exist For Elderly Parents Of Temporary Residents Here?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Special Programmes, VG Front Page, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 8 responses

Elderly Parents Of Temporary Residents – Visas Available? Hong Kong visas for aged parents – the options for long stay visas for elderly parents of non-permanent residents here are quite limited …   First Published October 8, 2013 – Updated October 2026   Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes […]

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HIV Health Checks & Your Hong Kong Visa Application

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Family Visas, Feature Article, Investment Visas, Long Stay & PR, Special Programmes, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 24 responses

More than 20 years in the business of Hong Kong immigration and this is the first time I can remember this question ever being raised. So, now you know how to go about HIV Health Checks Hong Kong Visa Application! QUESTION Hi Stephen, I do not see this issue addressed on your web site (which, […]

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How Long Should You Wait After a Rejected Hong Kong Employment Visa Application Before Trying Again?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Refusals & Appeals, Your Question Answered / No responses

Is there a ‘minimum waiting time’ between a rejected Hong Kong employment visa application and  then ‘trying again’? QUESTION I have a visa question, I got an offer from a recruitment company in July, they applied the working visa for me, but it got rejected by the end of August. Now I have a new offer […]

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How Can An Overseas Company Temporarily Sponsor Employment Visa Permissions For Hong Kong?

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

Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration law, foreign corporations dispatching staff to execute local assignments encounter a fundamental jurisdictional hurdle: an overseas entity cannot directly sponsor a conventional work visa without establishing an approved local operational […]

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What Pathways To An Employment Visa Exist For A Fresh, Foreign University Graduate Arriving In Hong Kong Seeking Career Opportunities Here?

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

Whilst the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates afford a clean pathway to working permission for foreign nationals freshly graduating from Hong Kong universities, the situation is very different if your degree is from overseas and you’re seeking to work in the HKSAR straight after university. QUESTION Hi Stephen, I would like to ask, I’m a […]

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Can I Come To Install Equipment In Hong Kong Without An Employment Visa?

Posted by The Visa Geeza / in Employment Visas, Visitor Visas, Your Question Answered / 9 responses

Practice Update 2026 – This content must be read in light of changes to ImmD practice since it was first published Under Hong Kong immigration law, foreign commercial vendors and technical specialists face an acute compliance trap when arriving to commission machinery, deploy proprietary software, or assemble complex hardware. In Can I Come to Install […]

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