[Canadian Steve]

Hey everyone,

I just have a question for all of you. Did most or all of you guys come here on a visitor's visa and found employment here? Thanks.

Steve

[sunniefaith]

Originally Posted by peaches

finally i've got my work permit. applied on 9 Jun, and received 12 Jul (today). just came back from macau...really happy!!!!

Congrats! You must be over the moon!!!

[peaches]

yes, sunniefaith! it was quite a relieve :P

Originally Posted by sunniefaith

Congrats! You must be over the moon!!!

[peaches]

not for me. i was called for an interview, and flew over.

Originally Posted by Canadian Steve

Hey everyone,

I just have a question for all of you. Did most or all of you guys come here on a visitor's visa and found employment here? Thanks.

Steve

[peaches]

hi geohk,

yes. i entered the country as a visitor. it's valid for around 3 months. i just got my visa so i have to "activate" it by going through the hk immigration/customs. hence, got to leave hk for macau, and then come back to hk for the visa to be stamped.

Originally Posted by geohk

Congrats Peaches. I've been waiting six weeks now... When you say you just got back from Macau - did you need to leave the country to get the visa validated?

[peaches]

well, strictly speaking you can't work. but u can just sit in.

Originally Posted by mobespierre

so here's a question- what do you do in the interim? while you're waiting for your visa can you work on a consultant basis or something? or do you just have a 6 week vacation?

[peaches]

i hope everyone waiting for it gets it fast! cos the wait was excruciating!

i have a postgraduate degree. but from what i have read in the forum, it boils down to either the pay package (more pay you got, the more tax you can contribute) or the experience that you have in the particular field that a local can't replace.

no idea, really.

Originally Posted by sorciere

Congradulations Peaches! I am really happy for you and good luck to brat!

Another question from me? Do you all have degrees/diplomas? If the applicant has lots of work experience, do you think the educational background is going to be a problem?

Would like to know more... Thanks.

[GlobalScotch]

I have just waited 5-6 weeks for mine, it just came through yesterday. They are having a busy time there (that was the exuse) - Best of luck!

[PDLM]

Originally Posted by peaches

i just got my visa so i have to "activate" it by going through the hk immigration/customs. hence, got to leave hk for macau, and then come back to hk for the visa to be stamped.

Did an ImmD official actually explicitly tell you that? I ask because I and many other people have reported here that we never had to do this - ImmD put the visa in our passports and we were good to start working immediately.

[sunniefaith]

Originally Posted by PDLM

Did an ImmD official actually explicitly tell you that? I ask because I and many other people have reported here that we never had to do this - ImmD put the visa in our passports and we were good to start working immediately.

I've the same question as well. I'm in Spore now and I called immigration to check if my visa was ready. I think I might be entering the country next month on a tourist visa and then pick up my work visa from work. Does that mean that I have to leave the country again? Oh no....i'm a little confused!