parents visa dependent

Posted by Peter25 (380 days ago)

hello friends, I need your guidence/help on this. I have tried this couple of times but failed with immigration department for my parents visa. My parents are 58 years. I am well settled & able to afford their living here. Is there anyway to get their dependent visa. They r alone back home & it's certainly not good to bring them here on visitor visa. Thanks

(I am based in Hong Kong)

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Posted by Claire (380 days ago)

To be a sponsor, you must be a Hong Kong permanent resident or a resident who is not subject to a limit of stay (i.e. a resident with the right to land or on unconditional stay). And dependant parents may apply to join you for residence in Hong Kong if they are over 60.

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Posted by Peter25 (380 days ago)

Thanks claire but I really need to find out a way to fight with immigration. I meet all the requirements except my parents age i.e. 58 now. Any solid arguments.

(I am based in Hong Kong)

Posted by Claire (380 days ago)

ImmD is pretty tough on these things and rarely, if ever, bend the rules.

(I am based in Unspecified)

Posted by TC (380 days ago)

I had two sets of friends who both applied when their parents (just the father in case) were over the new age limit. (In one of the cases the wife of one of the couples actually worked in the business of organising visas for HK and she wasn't even aware of the change - shame on her!) They fought but eventually gave up as they were getting nowhere. The single father ended up coming for just 3 months and then going back home and sharing himself around other family members, and the married parents didn't even come. They were not really dependent in the true sense of the word anyway. Good luck, but I don't fancy your chances. I know what Immigration will say if push comes to shove - you can always go back to your home country if it's essential for your parents to live with you; but this is our country and we make the rules.

(I am based in Hong Kong)