Can Dependent Visa be denied?

Hi everyone i have this situation and hope you can help. Thanks very much in advance.


I'm a permanent resident here in HK. My boyfriend is currently working here in a company on a work visa and the work visa will expire in May 2010.


Besides his routine work he has taken up some freelance works which have been found out by his company recently.


No actions have been taken by his company but we suspect that his company may fire him or keep him until the work visa expires. Either way my boyfriend does not intent to stay in the company long anyway.


I understand that the company has an obligation to inform the Immigration Department when the work visa expires. If the company fires my boyfriend or my boyfriend quits before his work visa expires, I suspect that the company may also inform the Immigration Department that my boyfriend has worked for other people (the freelance work) besides the company during the work visa period. I understand that this is a breach of the condition of the work visa.


We do plan to get marry in the near furure. If the company does tell the Immigration Department about my boyfriend breaching the condition of his work visa, will his dependent visa (which should be granted to him automatically if we get married, right?) be denied? My boyfriend plans to start his own business in Hong Kong, and having a dependent visa would make everything more easier.


Many Many thanks!

thanks cara!