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[pmhlb]

Hello,
If I were to apply for the permit to work in non-HK China, then work in rural China, would the permission extend to HK when I was ready to move to HK? My ultimate aim would be to tutor in HK. (I have access to lodging in HK.)
Thanks!
PMHLB

[sistercream]

Short answer, no. At least not before 2047, when the "50 years no change" and "one country, two systems" arrangements expire.

For visa purposes, HK, Macau and mainland China are effectively 3 different entities, and each has its own Immigration and Labour Departments.

To be permitted to live and work in Hong Kong, you need a local employment or investment visa, or dependent status (be married to someone who already has the right to live/ work here). And although the attitude of some individual officials on the mainland can be rendered flexible with suitable incentives, don't expect it to work here.

But if you really want to work in HK, why not? There are plenty of legal jobs around for qualified applicants, and after you clock up 7 years as a sponsored employee you can get PR status and do your own thing.

[pmhlb]

Okay; thanks. I am particularly interested in *part-time* work and one-on-one *tutoring*. Do the 7 years accrue by *actual* years -- despite the number of hours worked in each year?

[sistercream]

Never heard of a country which assesses length of stay on the hours worked!

In order to apply for "unconditional stay", Right To Land, or Right of Abode, you need first to maintain a valid visa here for 7 continuous years (but if you at least one fourth ethnic Chinese, it does not need to be continuous).

Unless you can satisfy the requirements for an investment visa, or are married to a local, this will mean 7 years of employment visas. These need to be sponsored by a particular employer (although you are allowed to change jobs if your new employer is prepared to jump through the hoops for transferring your visa). Unless both employers are prepared to jump through a whole extra set of hoops, you are not permitted to work for two employers at the same time. It is certainly illegal to do private tuition while on an employment visa (I stop short of saying it doesn't happen).