[HKChigger]

Originally Posted by MisterTanaka

Interesting. Mine -- which I just got 10 days ago -- says it's "Good for a Single Journey to Hong Kong" and that it was "valid for presentation on or before 06-05-07." It does not have the language quoted above.

The expiration date is the same as my wife's working visa.

At any rate, the trip to Macau was fun and inexpensive ... which means I obviously didn't visit the casinos!

I take it you applied as if you were not in the country then? Not too familar with the applications, but I suspect there must be one that is change of status and one for coming to the country?

[esears2004]

I know one company applied for Filipino visa as mechanic since November and the Immigration requested more informations by e-mail, the workplace was visited by the labor department last thursday and the company hopefully, will know the outcome of the application soon.

[sp1key]

briefly for employment visa... they'll send something to the correspondence address eg.your sponsor or your friend in hk...
you then attach it to your passport if you're already in HK

is that accurate?

[Southern Cross]

Originally Posted by back2HK

Perth_Girl

You could have applied for yours and the dependent together. As long as you have adequate salary and your marriage documents in proper order, he will get the dependent visa...

we got married after the application was submitted. we were engaged already and since HK does not recognise de facto we thought getting married immediately was our best option.
im not sure how this will effect his dependant application, being that my application didnt say anything about me being married. im confident my salary package is adequate.

speaking of which, i JUST had mine approved...! i dont know any finer details yet but i think i'll be there in the next week or two. HKChigger - im going to take you up on your advice re the dependant visa, thank you so much.

[MisterTanaka]

Originally Posted by HKChigger

I take it you applied as if you were not in the country then? Not too familar with the applications, but I suspect there must be one that is change of status and one for coming to the country?

Yes, that's how we did it, using our address in the U.S. as my address. It may not have been the best way to do it, but it worked. I didn't even think about applying to change status.

ETA: We didn't realize that we could have applied for my dependant visa at the same my wife applied for her work visa until she had already applied, or we would have done that.

[HKChigger]

Originally Posted by perth_girl

we got married after the application was submitted. we were engaged already and since HK does not recognise de facto we thought getting married immediately was our best option.
im not sure how this will effect his dependant application, being that my application didnt say anything about me being married. im confident my salary package is adequate.

speaking of which, i JUST had mine approved...! i dont know any finer details yet but i think i'll be there in the next week or two. HKChigger - im going to take you up on your advice re the dependant visa, thank you so much.

Your welcome. Good luck and hopefully you enjoy Hong Kong.

[MisterTanaka]

Originally Posted by perth_girl

speaking of which, i JUST had mine approved...! i dont know any finer details yet but i think i'll be there in the next week or two. HKChigger - im going to take you up on your advice re the dependant visa, thank you so much.

Congratulations, perth_girl!

[NEERAJ]

Originally Posted by back2HK

Perth_Girl

You could have applied for yours and the dependent together. As long as you have adequate salary and your marriage documents in proper order, he will get the dependent visa...

You mention adequate salary,can you please specify how much income is required by immigration to be eligible for a dependent visa.thnx

[HKChigger]

Dependant? Only requirement is you are a dependant (child or spouse typically) of your sponsor who is on Employment visa/Study Visa (Dependant cannot work) or some other visas. Sponsor can also be a PR who you are married to/is your mother/father or a few other situations.

Money doesn't matter

[PDLM]

True, but the application for a dependant visa does request evidence of the financial standing of the sponsor and his/her ability to support the dependant. I've never seen any numbers for a threshold though - I guess anything above average household income (HK$20K-ish) would be fine.