Posted by
amoyyao
16 yrs ago
My wife obtained her HK visa through me and I currently hold the visa under the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme. Both of us now reside in the United States and do not intend to come back to Hong Kong for purpose other than renewing our visas. However, both of us would like to keep our Hong Kong visa status for personal reasons.
Now, my visa will expire sometime next year and I intend to go back for the renewal. My wife's visa will expire in a month--however since she is not pregnant, it will be very inconvenient for her to travel back to HK. The hotline answer I received from the IMMD is that we cannot renew the visa without being personally there--if my wife cannot travel back, her visa will expire.
We really do not want this to happen but have not been able to find a solution.
Any suggestions? Thank you so much!
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Come back to Hong Kong when you can and renew her visa then. As long as the "primary" visa is valid, the dependent (I assume) should be easy to renew.
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Thanks. We simply do Not want to break this "7 years continuously"...
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Your wife has to be physically present in HKG at the time of applying for the visa extension.
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16 yrs ago
If you aim for permanent residency 7 consecutive years of having valid visas is not enough. You need to prove that you actually lived/resided here in Hong Kong for seven years...
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I presumed that the "not pregnant" was a typo for "now pregnant" and that was she could not come to Hong Kong. Is that right?
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For you the 7 years continuous has already been broken. Whether you have a valid visa or not does not matter, if you have not taken HK as you primary residency for a continuous period of 7 years then you are not able to apply for PR later on. For visa renewal, which is actually an extension of stay, you need to be physically in HK.
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