Thanks a lot for your attention and help in advance.
I’m a holder of Chinese nationality, but I’m staying in France for two years. Recently, I get a job offer from a HK company but now I’m quite worrying about the application of work permit. Since the HK company tells me that the work permit is difficult to get and takes long time, so they want to apply for me a trainee visa for one year and then transferred to work permit, but I disapprove this since the status as trainee lacks of protection of HK labor law. So my questions are:
- Is it true that the application of work permit takes 4 - 6 weeks?
- Can a trainee visa be transferred to a work permit without the concerned person leaving HK.
What shall I do? Please feel free to give me your advises!