Renew HK landing visa via Macau?

While I've been traveling through Asia on business, my wife has spent most of the last three months in Hong Kong. I'm now preparing to open a branch office in HK but it's going to take 8-10 weeks before the office and visas are ready. This means her current 90 day landing visa in Hong Kong will run out. We're considering spending a weekend in Macau and then return to HK but we're uncertain if that's going to raise flags with the ID. Alternatively she could fly back to the US for a while until we get the new visas, but she'd rather not.


Thoughts?


Has anyone heard of problems with HK visitors who "renew" landing visas by spending a weekend in Macau? If a weekend isn't long enough, how long is safe? She'll have been in HK for almost 80 days soon, so we need to decide something.

I dont think is a problem as long as your wife has not overstayed.


I've been "renewing" my visa thru macau too, but I did that on a monthly basis.


And dressing well helps too, i think.

We assume your wife holds a US passport and if so you should have no difficulty receiving a "fresh" 90 stay in HK after enjoying a break to Macau.



IF you get your application in to immigration here in HK for your job (and assuming you would include a dependent application for your wife)...the Immigration Department will issue you a white receipt to put in your passports which will ease your exit and entry to HK until your case is fully processed.



Any further information please contact us; of course we would be pleased to assist you in your application for a Hong Kong work authorization.



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