[Beth in HK]

I'm an American considering opening a business in Hong Kong or opening a branch office of my U.S. corporation in Hong Kong. But in order to determine whether this is feasible, I need to spend 4 - 6 months there to research my options AND also be able to exit and re-enter the country during that time.

I do not have a sponsor in Hong Kong.

What type of visa I should apply for?

[KnowItAll]

FYI - The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration Department

If you're setting up a company office, I'd recommend you touch base with the folks at InvestHK - they're pretty good at guiding potentially new companies who're setting up.

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[MovingIn07]

you can quite easily travel on a holiday visa in and out for a while without anyone caring. we did that while we were sussing the place out before we actually decided to move. you can get 90 days at a time i think. then follow the advice above when you want to make a move.

[Beth in HK]

Thank you for that suggestion. I see the 90-day visitor's visa but not that it is multiple-entry.

Can anyone point me to that specific information?

[PDLM]

It's not a 90 day visa, it's 90 days visa free access. Each time you re-enter the clock gets reset to zero. So you can do this repeatedly until Immigration decides that they don't believe you are just here as a visitor and requires you to get a visa. As others have said you should be OK for any number of entries and re-entries over a 6-9 month period. It's people flogging this beyond that who tend to get noticed.

[Beth in HK]

I'm sorry for my ignorance and hope you'll bear with me.

Let's say I just come to HK for a month or so, as a visitor, with no visa. And then I leave the country for a week and come back in. I can do that multiple times for a few months and it should be okay?

[KnowItAll]

As long as you can convince the immigration officer that you're entering on legitimate reasons and not working illegally etc.

Having said that, they're a lot more flexible around these parts of the world than the US / EU / UK.

[PDLM]

But to be clear, for at least the first 3 or 4 times assuming you have a US passport and look presentable then the Immigration officer will probably not say a word - just stamp you in.