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    Why do you need a lawyer?


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    vmlinuz, with your experience of QMAS you could have a nice little earner.


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    Well... I'm not sure about paying for advice...

    It actually is pretty simple - there's just a lot of paperwork. You need to be able to fulfil the 5 prerequisites (language, education, age, financial independence and clean criminal record) and have at least 80 points, and be able to provide the necessary documentation to prove it. So:

    Does your brother have fluent Chinese or English?
    Does he have at least a bachelor's degree?
    Is he over 18?
    Does he have a clean police record?
    Does he have accessible assets? (HK$250,000+)

    Can he prove all of the above?

    Does he have at least 80 points?
    Can he prove whatever combination of qualities earn him the points? For example, if the points come from professional experience, can he get detailed references from former employers to prove that the experience was specialist/high-level enough to qualify? If they come from educational qualifications, can he provide certificates and transcripts to prove he earned the qualification?

    The most subjective thing is probably the mini-essay on "I should be allowed into Hong Kong because..." A bunch of waffle about your background and what you intend to do once you get here seemed to do the job for me

    As I've mentioned before, you can apply from within Hong Kong, but I was given an extra form to sign to acknowledge that I wouldn't be given any credit or special treatment because of that. I also left Hong Kong and re-entered quite a few times while my application was being processed - just regular trips back to the UK, to Macau, etc. rather than specific visa runs - and I did feel relatively confident in saying that I'd applied for a visa and was waiting for it to be processed when the nice men at passport control asked me if I was working.

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    It's a Quality Migrant Scheme for people who are doing well so it might not help mentioned he'll need to live with mumsy and pops while he is job hunting.

    Is he looking hard for a job through which he can be sponsored for an employment visa? (Just that the QMAS can take some time.)

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    Sorry, did I miss where you mentioned what language he does speak? Because if he doesn't speak Cantonese or English, finding a job is going to be nigh on impossible.


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    It does sound like your brother is not "proficient in written and spoken Chinese (Putonghua or Cantonese) or English", which is one of the prerequisites, so QMAS wouldn't be the right route for him.

    On the financial stuff - property back home would be absolutely fine, since that's how I qualified, but it would have to provably be his. In my case, they took a mortgage statement (in my name), a current valuation from an estate agent, and the government-issued title deed (in my name) as proof that it was mine, and worth what I said. The point is not that you're expected to spend that money, but that since QMAS allows you to live in HK without a job, you need to prove you're capable of doing so if necessary - that you won't end up on the street or needing government support...


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    How does the government judge proficiency in spoken and written english? TOEFL? If so he can learn to do well on that test, it's about half-half knowledge and practice. He'd get 15 points for language skills (given he actually speaks a language correctly?)

    So:

    Age: 30 points (under 39 I assume)
    Academic: 30 points (Bachelor)
    Work experience: Unknown
    Language proficiency: 15 points (provided he can prove he is fluent in english somehow)
    Family background: 5 points

    That is 80 points right there without knowing about the work experience. I suggest looking at what constitutes a proof of English proficiency.

    To be noted that even if he gets in it will be hard to get a job.

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    QMS for residence protection

    Does anyone know if you can apply for the quality migrant scheme if you already have a work visa in HK?

    I have only been in HK for 2 years, so still 5 years to being able to apply for permanent residency and I thought it might be a good way to get some security in case of job loss.

    From reading the details on the government website it appears that you can maintain the status once you have a job (in order to maintain the status you need to reapply every twelve months demonstrating that you have contributed to HK through a job or a business), but do you have to be currently unemployed to apply in the first place?

    Sounds like a good way to remain in Hong Kong if you lose your job, however something tells me it can't be that easy.....


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    Yes, you can apply if you are already working here. I've put in an application and a friend of mine who was on a working visa applied successfully last year.

    You have to sign a form to say that you understand your application will not be treated any more favourably than someone who is not already working in Hong Kong. They will send you it once they receive your application.

    I put my application in this May and when I called Immigration in July they told me I will get the results this month.

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