Hi All
First off some background and then hopefully a bit of advice from anyone here who may have experience ....
My girlfriend is Thai and cam to HK on a Visitor Visa 30 days in second weel of March. We had no plans for her staying longer than 30 days as we had a changeable flight ticket home booked. We went to Macau and upon entry she was granted a further 30 days, at which point we changed her flight. We then extended her stay by a week at Immigration, net result she was in HK for 7 weeks. She then went back home for just under 2 weeks and flew back on the 30th April, no problem was granted 30 days.
She accompanied me to Macau on Saturday evening and upon coming back we were both taken to be interviewed regarding her stays in HK. They grilled her on the obvious questions like are you working, how are you funding your stay etc. No and me were the answers.
After answering all and advising she has a flight booked today for home, which she does, he commenced to explain that her pattern of stay was unacceptable as 'Visitor' and a future entry would have to be with extended visitor visa or other alternative.
I have a few questions .... 1, Does this mean she cannot come to HK again and expect to get 30days on arrival? 2, Does HK issue abroad extended visitor visas? 3,What are our alternatives as a working visa for her i think is out of the questions?
I will not go into detail regarding the Immigration officers unacceptable and thinly veiled racism towards my girlfriend, i will take that up with Immigration shortly, however suffice to say teh 'gentleman' was far from pleasant and would be interested to hear if any other people have experienced such behavious. We have decided to change her flight for her to go home on Thursday to make the most of the last 4 days here as i am unsure as to when she can come here next?
any input is appreciated adn btw i am a British National here on Working Visa for 2 years.
cheers
john