I think though that if the OP were working at Fiona's company his visa would have been processed just as rapidly. It's not just about the passport you hold.
Also true, Grunt. Though last year I had to process an employment visa for a Philippines passport-holder and that took almost five weeks. Similar line of work, similar experience.
Sometimes I think it can also be the particular case officer. And sometimes I have to resort to the Immigration Department telephone list.
I suspect it comes down to rubber-stamps still being stamped with rubber, everything else now taking a while due to backlogs/workloads... Not as straightforward as country, or skin colour, but if anything kicks your application out of the fast track, it's going slow slow slow.
Is their any point going to the immigration office and finding out the application status on my own? could that expedite things?
As things are now, ill have to leave HK in 6 days :/
Last edited by ecy5maa; 25-09-2013 at 05:09 PM.
I was surprised because Fiona mentioned the speed of a new application - two weeks is pretty fast (here come the exceptions...). I don't know where the OP is from, but his/hers is an extension, which should be relatively straightforward.Original Post Deleted
Try this http://tel.directory.gov.hk/index_IMMD_ENG.html
at least it will give you a more direct phone number to call