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nnl
21 yrs ago
i understand that to obtain a dependant's work visa it is necessary to first have a job offer and sponsor, but what is the situation if a dependant wants to work part-time as a home tutor and or run a small business from home? any help or advice greatly appreciated.
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mymy
21 yrs ago
Does HK require a individual work visa for dependant who want to work? Apologies for the ignorance.
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Troy
21 yrs ago
Same rules apply most places for dependents trying to get a work visa. Spouses cannot work either in the US and most other countries, so I guess we cannot be complaining about HK alone.. In US, the new law doesn't even allow the spouse a SSN without which it is near impossible to get a driver's license, open a bank account, etc etc etc
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Brit
21 yrs ago
You can set up a company (a sole prop) and apply for an investment visa- basically your own business visa. Talk to immigration about it. There are tax advantages too -
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I currently have a work visa, but planning change to a dependent visa. Can I still work with a dependent visa? What is the process of changing it?
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Brit
19 yrs ago
i thin kyou have to complete an extension of stay form and provide all the spouses docs - incl marriage cert
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TC
19 yrs ago
DV holders in HK no longer need a special visa to be able to work (since mid-2006). If they have the 'no employment allowed' stamp in their passport they merely need to front up to Immigration and ask for it to be removed - a straightforward process. The process of changing to a DV (but not sure of the benefits in that) is that you need to provide the necessary proofs to Immigartion that you are in fact a dependant. Check their website for details and then make sure you have everything required else you risk going back to the bottom of the pile.
(Incidentally: Better to start your own thread than to piggyback on an old thread, because the original poster will keep getting email prompts that there has been a response to his/her original post. After a couple of years, and when someone has adopted the thread for his/her own purposes, that's not good. It's happened to me more than once and annoyed me no end.)
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Brit
19 yrs ago
the dependent visa lasts as long as your dependents visa
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Yes that makes sense. If you have a dependants visa of someone with a sponsored employement visa then your timescale with be the same ie you are basically bound by the same conditons.
If you have a dependants visa of a HK permanent resident, then you are allowed to work but you will still need to renew the visa yearly, just the same as any other visa.
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lace
19 yrs ago
The last time I went to get an extension Immigration gave me a 4 year visa. I couldn't quite believe it was was positively surprised. So far I got 1 year, 2 years, 2 years and then the above mentioned 4 years.
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TC
19 yrs ago
timklip,
Congratulations on your pending nuptials. To get a DV, though, you need to be able to prove that you are in fact a dependant of your fiancee/wife. Is that really the case? I think it would be unlikely, but I guess the point I'm making is that you might need to check a bit more as to whether you actually qualify for a DV.
And just to add a bit more data to the responses so far. My EV has generally been extended for 2 years at a time, even if my contract was renewed for only 1 year. My wife's (we were married in 2005) DV has exactly the same end date as per my EV. If we are still here at that end date I will need to get another EV stamp, and then they will give a new stamp in my wife's & daughter's (born last year) passports. The theory of that is that they are here in HK as dependants of an EV-holder. Once the EV-holder no longer has a right to remain here then their right is also terminated.
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