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Hiring new helper from Philippines - visa processing time?

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  1. #1

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    Hiring new helper from Philippines - visa processing time?

    Hi, we are considering hiring a new helper directly from the Philippines, but have some concerns about visa processing time. The HK Immigration web site says "The Immigration Department's performance pledge for FDH applications is that 90% of the applications will be finalized within 6 weeks upon receipt of all necessary documents." Various DH agencies we have contacted have given us wildly varying estimates - from 6 weeks to 6 months. We are interested in hearing about any recent experiences hiring a helper directly from the Philippines and how long it actually took to get a visa for her. Many thanks.


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    It took 2 months almost to the day for both of the direct hires we did. You can write to the immigration dept explaining why you need one urgently and they process the visa in a couple of weeks but once you add in everything else then a couple of months.

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