[nicolejoy]

Hi, I'm moving to Hong Kong from Australia in about 6 or 7 weeks. My husband is Hong Kong born and so he has his ID card - but I've never lived over there so I need to apply for residency.

I've been getting lots of conflicting info about it all - the Hong Kong department of immigration says for me to sort it out with the consulate in Australia, they say to sort it out with the department of immigration in Hong Kong. I've heard other people say that I can enter the country and apply while I'm there - but I've also read that if you enter WITHOUT it sorted out and on a one way ticket, they can potentially deny you entry.

Has anyone else been in my situation? what did you do? How much do I need to sort out before I get there?

Thanks (in advance) for your help!!

[hong kong]

[quote=nicolejoy;113255]Hi, I'm moving to Hong Kong from Australia in about 6 or 7 weeks. My husband is Hong Kong born and so he has his ID card - but I've never lived over there so I need to apply for residency.

I've been getting lots of conflicting info about it all - the Hong Kong department of immigration says for me to sort it out with the consulate in Australia, they say to sort it out with the department of immigration in Hong Kong. I've heard other people say that I can enter the country and apply while I'm there - but I've also read that if you enter WITHOUT it sorted out and on a one way ticket, they can potentially deny you entry.

Has anyone else been in my situation? what did you do? How much do I need to sort out before I get there?




so ok take your round trip flight ticket
and when u come in to hong kong
apply to refund ticketing

maybe u have to just pay 50 usd
and u can get back half of your money

take it easy

[rano]

Hi

i recently moved in, the procedure is actually u'r spouse should apply for u & get it processed.Once it is through they will inform u'r spouse & they will give an entry sticker which is like an entry visa.u'r spouse has to send it 2 u thru post & u have to stick it in u'r passport & come to hk & get the id from immigration in person.

This is the actual procedure which we followed & some of our friends too.Actually hk immigration officers are very friendly & they will guide u if u contact immigration dept.

This is what we followed but it may differ too,so please check with immig. for further details.

[PDLM]

Originally Posted by hong kong

so ok take your round trip flight ticket
and when u come in to hong kong
apply to refund ticketing

maybe u have to just pay 50 usd
and u can get back half of your money

Unless you have a full fare ticket this advice is simply wrong. The vast majority of discounted econonmy roundtrip tickets have no refund value at all when half used.

The Low Cost Carriers which price per segment are an exception to this.

[hong kong]

Originally Posted by PDLM

Unless you have a full fare ticket this advice is simply wrong. The vast majority of discounted econonmy roundtrip tickets have no refund value at all when half used.

The Low Cost Carriers which price per segment are an exception to this.

i am this airline business ok
full fare economy class tickets also refundable

and most important thing
is :

for her is it better to deported border

[sanook]

I'm not sure what the exact requirements are from OZ, but what if you said that your husband is planning on leaving Hong Kong via the ferry to Macau. I was able to fly from Sydney to Singapore on a one way ticket and no one said a word. I also recently flew from Bangkok to Macau and although the airline gave me a hard time when I bought the ticket, I had no problems at either Macau immigration or HK immigration. Just an idea...

[nicolejoy]

It's all "sorted out" now - we're coming to Hong Kong around Nov 23, but I have go to back to Oz around Feb 15 - which is less than 90 days later... (the visa free period is 90 days)... so when I get to Hong Kong, I've got til Feb to sort out my visa - and also, I'll be going on a return ticket so there's no problems there... and then when I go back to Hong Kong in late Feb, I'll go on the one-way ticket then...

That's the plan anyway!!