Re-newal of contract with DH - ADVICE

Posted by King (75 days ago)

We would like to re-new our contract with our helper.
Her contract expires on 1st September 2008.
As we are leaving in July and returning in August we would like to renew her contract earlier - July so that when we leave for the hols we would like her to go back to the philippines and return the same time as us - will this be a problem with the immigration department ?

As this is the first time re-newing a contract I also would appreciate some advice on what the process is.

My DH says first she needs to go to the Consulate and process her new contract - is this true ?

Then go to the Immigration department.

Any feedback would be much appreciated and also how long it then takes with the Immigration Dept. to process the new visa.

Many thanks

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Posted by seriously_flawed (71 days ago)

You can renew the contract earlier. You can also put in a letter to explain your reasons for doing so.
The contract is a new one, so the processing is the same...your DH has to go to the Consulate & then to Immigration with all the papers.
The new visa processing should take approximately 2-3 weeks.
Hope this helps.

Posted by Fikiwii (62 days ago)

We are facing the same thing at the moment. The immigration dept states that you cannot renew the visa until 4 weeks before the current visa expires and I have no idea whether you can apply to process earlier. The Philippine consulate, however, is happy to hold the paperwork for as long as necessary. Our helper is also going home while we are away so will submit the paperwork to the consulate tomorrow and pick it up in mid-August when she returns to HK. Then she just goes to the immigration dept the next day and gets the visa processed on the same day. Doing it this way does require that we had to tick the "Entry visa and extension of stay" box which means she will need to return to the Philippines for a holiday sometime within the next year, regardless of the fact she will have just returned from a 6 week holiday! Would be interested to hear if you did manage to get the immigration dept to process your DH's visa before the final 4 weeks of her contract.

Posted by King (61 days ago)

Hi Fikiwii,
Was unsure but went ahead anyway.
Our DH's contract expires on 1st September 08. Since we are leaving mid July and only returning end August our DH needed to process her visa.
Anyway - we had to write a letter to the Immigation Department AND PH. Consulate stating that due to us going away etc. if they could process her visa and re-new the contract earlier.
It took 4 days with the Ph Consulate then she picked up the papers there and went straight to the Immigration and it all got processed within 1 day. In her passport in states then the new visa starting 1st Sept 08 to 1st Sept. 10 - so it does work !