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jyl2011
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 Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:09 am Post subject: Bringing my wife to HK? |
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Hi guys.
I have been offered a job in HK. The salary is 10000 HKD and not accommodation or flights are provided. So I suppose first question is as to whether this is enough money to survive in HK?
My second issue is with regards to my wife. She is South Korean and she would be coming with me to HK. The school will not help her with the VISA process and she will not be able to get a working VISA without being in the country IMO. So...
1. Would she be able to come to HK as my wife in some form of attachment (spouse) VISA?
2. If possible, would this give her the right to work in HK?
3. If in HK on some form of attachment VISA, would she be able to convert this to a working VISA from within the country?
Thank you for helping me! |
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jyl2011
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry I am telling a lie, the salary is 20000 HKD |
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champ
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| yes she can work |
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Perilla
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:01 am Post subject: |
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My understanding is that yes, your wife should be able to get what's called a "dependant's visa" via your work visa, which entitles her to work. This is from the govt's website:
A5: Dependants of the following persons are not prohibited from taking up employment in the HKSAR:
Hong Kong permanent residents;
persons who are not subject to a limit of stay (i.e. residents with the right to land or on unconditional stay);
persons who have been admitted for employment (as professionals, for investment to establish/join in business or for training); and
entrants under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme or the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme.
http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/faq_hkv.htm |
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Joshua2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: |
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20k with no housing?
She's going to need to be working if you want to survive on that..... |
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sistercream
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:33 am Post subject: |
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| Either that or live in the back-blocks of Tuen Mun or Yuen Long districts! |
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Perilla
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| sistercream wrote: |
| Either that or live in the back-blocks of Tuen Mun or Yuen Long districts! |
Or Lamma or Lantau! IMO 20K isn't that bad judging by the amounts some posters have claimed to get by on. Despite recent increases in rent, on Lamma you can still get a 350 sq ft flat for around 4K a month, which leaves a good chunk of your income for other purposes. And if the wife can find work too then things don't look too bad ... |
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sistercream
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:49 am Post subject: |
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Fair enough - but if OP is going to work at the language mill he mentioned in another post he would be spending a bomb (and several hours a day) on commuting  |
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Perilla
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Why, is the school in NT? A Lamma monthly ferry pass is less than 1K. |
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sistercream
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| Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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| It has branches in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Shatin ... I think the closest ones for ferry commuting would be those in North Point and Mong Kok. |
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Perilla
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| sistercream wrote: |
| It has branches in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tsuen Wan, Shatin ... I think the closest ones for ferry commuting would be those in North Point and Mong Kok. |
Commuting from the islands to Nth Point or Mongkok would work OK. |
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RiverMystic
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| Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:20 am Post subject: |
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| Perilla wrote: |
My understanding is that yes, your wife should be able to get what's called a "dependant's visa" via your work visa, which entitles her to work. This is from the govt's website:
A5: Dependants of the following persons are not prohibited from taking up employment in the HKSAR:
Hong Kong permanent residents;
persons who are not subject to a limit of stay (i.e. residents with the right to land or on unconditional stay);
persons who have been admitted for employment (as professionals, for investment to establish/join in business or for training); and
entrants under the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme or the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme.
http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/faq_hkv.htm |
If your wife/husband is mainland Chinese she/he is not permitted to work.
The other factor is whether your partner will like HK. My wife hates HK and refuses to ever set foot in the place again. For her its too crowded, too busy, too money focused, too unfriendly to mainlanders; and not to mention the segregation system for for mainland Chinese for things like working visas and health care. The last will not apply to a S Korean wife, of course. |
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