Is "resident" partner of "permanent resident" expat also entitled to "PR" status?

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    That is actually Working Families Tax Credit and not personal tax. For personal tax in UK you are still treated separetely unless you are married.


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    PDLM - I dont think anyone 'owns' a country do they - or perhaps you think you do!
    A strange concept, anyway...

    I was simply continuing the thread about 'attitude' in different countries to cohabiting couples.
    For personal tax you are worse off when not married in UK but I'm not sure about Hong Kong yet.


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    Maybe you're too young to remember, but the UK used to own Hong Kong.


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    Hello PDLM

    Ha ha! I think you need to rephrase that.


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    When you say 'own'.....you are beginning to sound like......err.....no, I wont say it.


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    Jeffonthego, you want the Hong Kong government to treat your partner as you legal wife for the purpose of immigration application. But you don't want to legally marry your wife. You seem to want to have it both ways


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    If you two don't want to formally get married, why should the government formally treat you two as a married couple? If the government recognises common law partners for the purpose of immigration application, what is next? Common law children, common law employees?