[nisa_ali]

Hi....i actually need help regarding my employment visa being rejected.

My uncles( my dad's brothers) in Hong Kong owns a Company in Hong Kong with a lot properties under their name and the company has alot of turnover within a year.

All the properties we own in our home country are under my father and his brothers in equal shares.

I myself is a grade 12 student and have 2 years part-time experience in the field.

We submitted all the neccessary documents required, and extra documents were also submitted for reference.

I was to employed in my uncle's company as a manager as their former manager went to the US for marriage.

They could not find anyone reliable and trustworthy for the replacement so they approached me as i am one of the family member and have 2 years experience in the fieild.

We didn;t receive the reply for over 1 and a half month so we decided to call and check our progress, in the telephone conversation, the officer asked a few questions, which we did not reply and said please write to us whatever enquiry they have so we could reply accordingly, but in return we only got a refusal letter.

So now we would like to appeal and write a objection letter but we do not know how and we do not want to appoint a lawyer as they charge alot and do not guarantee success.

Please advise how I should approach this and how i should be structuring the letter so they would re-consider it so we can provide more supplymentary documents for the case.

Thanks in advance.

[Boris]

May be the problem is " the officer asked a few questions, which we did not reply ".

If Immigration feels you are not able ( or willing ) to give a reasonable answer to their questions then how would you feel if the situation was reversed?

Would you let anyone in your home without you knew everything you could about them? I feel you might have an uphill and long struggle to overturn the impression of the first case officer. It would be interesting to know what issues you where not prepared to supply details about.

[vmlinuz]

As I understand it, as a general principle, if they reject you, they will stand by their rejection unless you can prove something has changed. I'm not sure that "we screwed up the application the first time" is going to cut it...

[KnowItAll]

Send an email to sam@visapro.com.hk - they'll give you a pretty good idea of what went wrong (chances are ... the job description and your suitability for that job - i.e why a local could not do your job, were not documented correctly).

VisaPro has helped several of our members out - and they will upfront tell you that if they take you case, you'll have to pay them on success.

Be prepared to pay. There is a reason why you need a specialist (and not general advice on a forum) for tricky applications like yours.

This should give you a good clue why the application is tricky ( I myself is a grade 12 student and have 2 years part-time experience in the field. )

[chimo]

Originally Posted by nisa_ali

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I myself is a grade 12 student and have 2 years part-time experience in the field.

...in the telephone conversation, the officer asked a few questions, which we did not reply...

There is your answer, I'm affraid.

[Alby]

nisa_ali your case is unfortunate.

Know It All has given a recommendation for you to explore.

Chimo has stated a possible reality.

However, your case is becoming a more common reality for small family-owned SME's in Hong Kong seeking to bring family members from another country into Hong Kong to assist with business operations. Not certain of where you are coming from but I am aware that this type of situation is especially common among the South Asian community in Hong Kong. Typically an immediate or extended family member were brought to Hong Kong to assist with operations of the business. However, this is becoming more and more difficult as there is a large and growing population of educated/trained and capable people Hong Kong people of South Asian origin able to speak and/or write English, a South Asian language and Chinese. Immigration believes that a capable applicant to fill the role is a likely possibility.

Now, I am not familiar with the details of your case I am just offering a view into a growing trend / reality with Hong Kong Immigration.

Some other options to consider is that your family here in Hong Kong should consider applying for a training visa - stating something to the effect that you are to undergo an internship with them, be prepared to submit a learning plan and have a set time frame for the internship, you will also need to submit school transcripts and other supporting documents. You could also enroll in university courses/program in Hong Kong and get a Student Visa - but this means that you have to actually apply, be accepted and study and not work.

[nisa_ali]

Thanks for all of your advices, but is it possible that i should at least write an objection letter and try my luck.

[hullexile]

Originally Posted by nisa_ali

Thanks for all of your advices, but is it possible that i should at least write an objection letter and try my luck.

I really would follow KIA's advice. If you write a letter and as likely it is rejected, then you will have that rejection on your file as well making future applications even more difficult. I would not leave it to luck.