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No uni degree - visa problems?

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Posted by miffus 13 yrs ago
Hi guys,


I have been told it's very difficult to get a working visa in HK if you don't have a uni degree.


I have a lot of industry experience in the mining industry but no formal qualifications, I'm a native English speaker with fairly good Chinese. I have been offered a position but I'm wondering if I'm likely to have difficulties with a working visa or not.


Has anyone else been in a similar situation before?


Thanks

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COMMENTS
Rob Lewis 13 yrs ago
Hi,


You say you have been offered a position? if so then your prospective employer MUST sponsor you, in order for you to get a working visa for Hong Kong.

If they are not sponsoring you, then you will find it very difficult to secure employment.

Hope this helps

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miffus 13 yrs ago
Yes, my employer will sponsor me. But that doesn't automatically mean I will be granted a work visa, or does it?

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Nobby15 13 yrs ago
Miffus

I also do not have a uni degree, in fact I only have secondary school grades and have been sponsored twice and obtained both visas.

Good luck and let us know how it goes.

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Hugie 13 yrs ago
To Nobby, what do you do for work? Interesting that you got sponsored twice. Are you a PR yet?

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Nobby15 13 yrs ago
Hi Hugie

I work for a financial printer dealing with the typesetting and documentation for US IPOs and other SEC filings. The company I work for did the dual listing for Glencore.

I'm not a PR yet, few years to go until then.

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