Hi all,
Just thought I post my experiences for anyone in a similar situation.
We had moved to HK 2 weeks ago as we thought when we booked the flights we would have had our visas - this turned out not to be the case.
Hubbys visa approval FINALLY came through last week, which basically consisted of a little note and 2 self-adhesive stickers. The note said to stick the stickers on to our passports before entering HK.
So we took at day trip to Macau (which happened to coincide with the Grand Prix so we watched that, which was more fun than I was expecting it to be) and then got the ferry back to HK with our stickers in our passports.
And what happened next?
We handed the passports over, and with the usual HK efficiency, our passports were stamped with our visa details and we were through immigration in about 1 minute.
So if anyone was like me worrying about the whole process: don't - it's perfectly straightforward.
Jen