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[endo]

Hi.

In a few months time I'm planning on flying in to Hong Kong to look for work. I was just wondering what documents I would need for a work visa?


I've been working in South Korea for the past several years and the process to get a work visa here is pretty extreme?


For example do you need a criminal background check, notarized copies of your diploma or sealed transcripts?

And is a medical check (including drug test) required as well?



Thanks in advance.

[Joshua2006]

If you have time, get everything and then some. If you don't need it right at the beginning, you will in the future.

[Perilla]

My understanding of this is that it's your employer who sorts out your work visa, not you. So your main task is convincing an employer that you're worth employing. That, I imagine, means passing an interview, providing proof of recent employment, education certificates, references - the usual. How much stuff you need depends on the employer. For a private language school I think it's fairly minimal; but for the NET programme (for example) you'd need transcripts, clean record check, et al.

[endo]