[Matt.]

Hello,

I am new here on this site, but from what i have been reading there's a lot of knowledge on this site.
So maybe you have some answers for me.
I'll be moving to HK in october/november. Moving there to live with my chinese girlfriend. I'm holding a Dutch passport and trained as a Intensive Care nurse. Does anyone have experience / tips for me what sort of visa i should aquire (planning to look for a job in HK), and how the job market is for health care professionals ?

Thanks for youre efforts,

Matt

[PDLM]

When you say "chinese girlfriend" is she a local HK citizen?

But in any case, if you are not married and do not have a job offer then you can only come here as a tourist. You would be granted a 3 month tourist visa on arrival. You can extend that a few times by going briefly to Macau or the mainland.

If & when you have a job offer then you can apply for an Employment Visa.

Although all medical professionals here speak English, I'm not at all sure that they would take a non-Cantonese-speaker into and IC unit since in times of stress I suspect the staff revert to Cantonese...

[Matt.]

Thanks for the already given answers PDLM. My girlfriend indeed is local HK citizen. Do these visa requirments count for all European country's or does it differ per country. (As i am dutch). As for the non-Cantonees-speaking "problem" ICU-settings are mostly not that hectic as one might believe, but i am open to a lot of jobs (inside Health care - or outside).
Any suggestions on how to start job hunting ?

Thanks

[enzo]

www.classifiedpost.com has a lot of jobs....professions like u -no need to worry!! good luck...i am sure u will have a bright prospect in hk....good pay for pros like u...

[PDLM]

All except permanent residents of HK need an employment visa to work, and they need to have a job offer before they can apply for that visa. All EU passports get 3 months tourist visa on arrival, except UK which gets 6 months. Other European countries vary.

Apologies for confusing ICU with A&E. The Hong Kong Medical Association site here http://www.hkma.org/eindex.htm seems to have a good selection of links which might lead you to some opportunities.

[Matt.]

No worry's about the mix up of ICU - A&E PDLM.
Thanks for both youre advise !