[poule_de_luxe]

I have been in HK for almost a year now. According to my student visa, I am allowed to stay until mid-July. As I plan to stay a bit longer, do you know whether I can apply for an additional tourist visa? I may go out of HK before the visa expires and go back a few days later in order to get a tourist visa... Would it be okay? Can anyone help? Thanks a lot guys..!!

[Azuremain]

Go to Macau (no extra visa necessary) and when you return to HK you'll get a 3 month tourist visa.

[Raz]

It depends on where u are from...scandinavians for example get a 30day tourist visa, not a 90...

[poule_de_luxe]

Okay, thanks a lot. That's what I planned to do. I just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be refused at the border when heading back to HK. As a French national, I get a 3-months stay!

[trondmv]

You must be a bad Scandinavian - I got 90 days

[Raz]

Yes I must be a bad bad boy indeed!

[beeeie]

Originally Posted by poule_de_luxe

I have been in HK for almost a year now. According to my student visa, I am allowed to stay until mid-July. As I plan to stay a bit longer, do you know whether I can apply for an additional tourist visa? I may go out of HK before the visa expires and go back a few days later in order to get a tourist visa... Would it be okay? Can anyone help? Thanks a lot guys..!!

Hi, I know it might be too late to ask you this. But I really appreciate if you could possibly tell me whether you've been successfully changed the status from student to visitor visa? I was told that if your current (student/employment) visa is still valid, you can't change the status to visitor just like that, unless you terminate your current visa and leave the city and come back again.

Hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks!

[poule_de_luxe]

It absolutely worked. HK immigration seems to be quite lenient in such cases.

What you were told was right. You need to terminate your visa first (in my case I stayed in Macau overnight and came back to HK in the morning). I assume it can be troublesome if you need to be at work early in the morning (well, there are ferries departing from Macau at 5.00am!).

Good luck with your visa. It shouldn't be a problem.

[beeeie]

Originally Posted by poule_de_luxe

It absolutely worked. HK immigration seems to be quite lenient in such cases.

What you were told was right. You need to terminate your visa first (in my case I stayed in Macau overnight and came back to HK in the morning). I assume it can be troublesome if you need to be at work early in the morning (well, there are ferries departing from Macau at 5.00am!).

Good luck with your visa. It shouldn't be a problem.

Hi there, so you've terminated your student visa first before leaving to Macau? hmmm, I've tried to leave to Macau without terminating my employment visa, so I was unsuccessful in changing the status to visitor. Anyway, thanks for your fast response!

[HKChigger]

Originally Posted by poule_de_luxe

It absolutely worked. HK immigration seems to be quite lenient in such cases.

What you were told was right. You need to terminate your visa first (in my case I stayed in Macau overnight and came back to HK in the morning). I assume it can be troublesome if you need to be at work early in the morning (well, there are ferries departing from Macau at 5.00am!).

Good luck with your visa. It shouldn't be a problem.

Troublesome if you need to work in the morning? Folks on Tourist/student visas shouldn't need to worry about work.

Macau has 24 hr ferries. You can take the 11pm sailing to HK and be back just after midnight if you want to do it in one day.