[Erwin]

Dear Friends,

My name is Erwin and I live and work right now in Chile, South America.
As I am young, without any responsibility and economic independency, I am interested to travel to Hong Kong to take a course of Mandarin and to learn more about the culture of China. To get really involved with the customs and HK people, I was thinking about taking that course and working at the same time in the tourism industry.

Most of the people who write on that forum are professionals looking for professional’s jobs. That is great. But in my case, I would be happy to work in the tourism industry, like a hotel or a restaurant. (Could be as a bartender or something like that). I speak English, Spanish and German; normal looking guy and I use to work always very hard to reach my personal goals.

Question:

I would be very appreciated if you let me know what your thoughts are. Is this possible or to complicated? Should I have too much problems to get the permissions?
Thank you very much for your time and happy holidays,
Do not hesitate to email me.

Erwin Andia D.
Viña del Mar, Chile
eandia@forexchile.cl

[nivantj]

Erwin,
I guess, you are really a hard working person and thats why asking your question again and again creating new threads.........
Neway, But my question remains the same.. How do you plan to enter HK? Visitor visa or Student visa? None of them are allowed to work here. Not even part-time. So first thing first.. How to enter and how long you intend to stay?

[toby]

I have no clue how to pronounce your name. The letters are very pretty. My name is, Kenney. Happy new year to you and your family and friends.

Peace to all of us.

Kenney

[lindsay]

Originally Posted by nivantj

Erwin,
I guess, you are really a hard working person and thats why asking your question again and again creating new threads.........
Neway, But my question remains the same.. How do you plan to enter HK? Visitor visa or Student visa? None of them are allowed to work here. Not even part-time. So first thing first.. How to enter and how long you intend to stay?

Hello

Yep, similar question, what kind of visa do you have upon entering Hongkong?

[Erwin]

Hi NIvantji,

I plan to enter as a visitor from China. I was thinking about visiting first China and then to stay in HK, to work and study at the time. What if I enter as a visitor in HK and once I am there, visit inmigration and tell them that I would like to stay in HK to study Mandarin and to work at the time. I wuld like to stay for aproximatly 5 years.

Is that too crazy?

Thank you for your time helping me out with all those questions Nivantji..

Regards,

Erwin

[shri]

>> Is that too crazy?

Yes.

1) HK is not the place to study Mandarin.
2) HK does not allow you to work and study at the same time.

[RedKiera]

Originally Posted by Erwin

What if I enter as a visitor in HK and once I am there, visit inmigration and tell them that I would like to stay in HK to study Mandarin and to work at the time. I wuld like to stay for aproximatly 5 years.

Is that too crazy?

Have you had a look to see if you can apply for a work permit? Don't think you can work here without one...

Have a look at this...

http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/hkvisas_4.htm