Hello,
My boyfriend has just been offered a job in HK to which has just accepted. The company is going to sponsor him.
- We were told by his company that there would be no problem with applying for a dependant visa for myself (his girlfriend) to come over to HK.
- We were also told that with new changes to the immigration system, spouses on the dependent visa will be entitled to work.
We are in quite a difficult situation.
My boyfriend is Dutch. I am Australian. I have been living here in the Netherlands with my boyfriend for the past year. (We have documents to prove this). We have been together for 5.5 years... plenty of photos to prove this.
How is Spouse defined?
We have just been approved a partnership visa here in the Netherlands (eventhough we are not married) which allows me residency here for 1 year and at the same time I am allowed to work. Will the same conditions apply. We can provide evidence that we have been living together and that he can financially support me (as he has been for the past year). We also have a joint bank account if that helps.
If... by any chance I do get approved, will I be permitted to work?
I have been reading lots of the threads... and there seems to be some threads which state that it is possible and some impossible. I am a little unsure and have doubts with some of the older threads as it appears the rules and regulations keep changing.
Please Advise if possible.
Thanking you all in advance...
Carol