Posted by
woodphil
15 yrs ago
I am hoping someone can give me some advice.
I have been living and working in Hong Kong for 5 and a half years. My contract is up in July/august and I will have lived in HK for 6 years. I consider HK to be my home and I intend to live here permanently. However I have been offered a great opportunity to work overseas for 1 year starting in August. Now to qualify for permanent residency I have been told that you need to be in HK continuously for 7 years. Which means if I take this opportunity overseas I will not qualify.
Does anybody know of any way of getting around this problem? Am I able to remain a resident in Hk without a job and make trips back throughout the year?
Or is it just a case of forgetting about this opportunity if i want permanent reisdency?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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Woodhill, if you wish to avail yourself of this great opportunity, then the answer is simply no (unless your new job is with a hk-based company). If you're on an employment visa, you can't remain here once your visa expires, and stay without a job. You need to either find another job and sponsor here.
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Hi,
You better inquire to Immigration in 2/F., Wanchai. Tell your problem. Don't depend/rely for others advice.
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If your visa is still valid, I believe you can still come and go as you plan to, but once that visa's up, you go back to being a tourist- the only person I know who got round this claimed he had to keep popping back to Japan (i.e. his home, not a third country) to help with the family business. That was 9 years ago and he still keeps "popping back" for a year at a time! I really would check with immigration, but I think you're up the creek...
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i heard from someone (not first hand) who successfully obtained a 'stay' on his 7 years, i.e. he had 4 years then went to Singapore for 2 years and then came back and the 7 years continued. to run once he was back in hk.
apparently he spoke to immigration and they were able to do a deal.
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