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What Chance A Published Author Under the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme?

November 14th, 2019

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Black boxes and taxes – an unheady mix!

QUESTION

Hi Stephen,

A friend of mine is looking into the idea of residing in Hong Kong. He’s a soon to be traditionally published book author in the United States, and he’s based in another country.

Well, assuming his work becomes a financial hit and reasonably well known in first world countries (not on the scale of Rowling, but I think you get what I mean), do you think he’ll find higher success with the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme?

What other visa options can he consider if you think the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme is still going to be like a lottery draw?

And assuming he does get to stay in Hong Kong, since his royalties will be coming from a US based company that already deducts their share and US withholding tax, does he need to open up a company there to receive his funds, or can he just open up a Hong Kong bank account and start depositing his cheques there without having to worry about Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department swooping down on him?

(I take it they won’t need to since the funds are foreign-sourced, but is this really the case or am I missing something here?)

Thanks again for your time!

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The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.

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  • Lyn

    18 Nov 2019 am30 10:26am
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    Hi Stephen…I’m working in hk as domestic helper and before my visa ended I decided to exit going sg and go back hk again as tourist…But then the immigration gave me only 3days to fix my things and I need to leave hongkong…Unfortunately I overstayed and I surrender In kowloon bay…after few months I went back to kowloon bay asking them I want to go back home…Now my question is is it possible that I can visit hongkong for holiday becuase now I’m currently working here in macau…Thanks so much for answering!

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