PR for my spouse with only 1.5 years left, how to achieve?

[skams]

Hello All,

I am a permanent resident of HK and my spouse has completed 5.5 years in Hong Kong. Now my employment is moving out of Hong Kong. Is there any way I can still ensure that my spouse gets to complete her 7 years and get her PR? She has only 1.5 years for her in the current visa to achieve 7 years.

My question.

1) How can we achieve this target of 7 years? without any funds going into MPF?

We are ready to have two separate place to live (( out of hk) and also HK)) to ensure that she completes 7 years.

Any suggestions?

thanks!

[aw451]

You become PR by living here for 7 years continuously.

[drumbrake]

If your wife has been here 5.5 years, and has 1.5 years left on the current visa, just don't be away from Hong Kong for more than 6 months at a time (but also don't just return for one day and then go away for 5 months).

[bdw]

You could probably cheat the system, as long as your spouse has a valid HK visa for the next 1.5 years, spends at least a day every 6 months in HK, then apply after the 7 year mark, signs a false declaration on ROP146 (Declaration of Having Taken Hong Kong as Only Place of Permanent Residence), if you have a place to live in HK it helps the declaration to be slightly less fraudulent because on the form you have to put your HK residential address and whether you are renting/mortgage/etc so at least is one less lie on this form. After that you should be right.

[PLamHK]

What benefit to her is the PR? If you move back she can again get a Dependant Visa. Or are you planning to get divorced?

[qhank]

What benefit to her is the PR? If you move back she can again get a Dependant Visa. Or are you planning to get divorced?

Divorce or death.

[er2]

Permanent residence in HK is not the same as physical location. Otherwise domestic helpers would get it and boarding school children would not. So, it's perfectly fine for you to be away for employment for an extended period of time, same for your wife, and still get PR.
What ImmD has repeatedly asked for in edge cases were things that demonstrate that HK is your primary residence. I'd simply look at it from this angle
- keep phone, utilities bill, etc etc in HK
- be here frequently (obviously easier if new job is in Shenzhen than in Montevideo)
- retain a residence in your or her name
- potentially do something documentable in HK (club memberships, part time degree, ...)

There is no absolute answer here but usually ImmD isn't trying to prevent people from becoming PR

[er2]

You become PR by living here for 7 years continuously.

'residing'. Not 'living'. Big difference.

[PLamHK]

or to be even more precise: "ordinarily residing".

[skams]

She can eventually get a HK passport. That is a benefit.