[yuppy]

hi,

I was accepted by my supervisor to work in his lab in hku. He has already sent my documents to make a working visa. However, i intend to be a student under him after 3-4 months.

Is it better to continue with the working visa even though it is only for a few months and change to a student visa much later?

How fast is the application for student visa?

Thanks

[Raz]

It took me roughly 4 weeks to get a 1yr student visa for HKU, which I have to renew every year, until I finish my program. There's one more thing, it's illegal to take up employment with a student visa, so if there is compensation involved for the research, go with the working visa...or find some ppl doing research in uni, and ask them how they've solved it!

[yuppy]

don't worry I hope to get the scholarship so that they can pay me... ;-)
Just hope the processing is not too long. It sounds a little stupid, changing 2 visa within a short span of 3-4 months.