defacto partner visa

[berryplucker]

Yes I know personally of one case (actually it was a mother coming here from Korea to look after her grand-daughter while her daughter worked). After, I think, 4 renewals of her 3 month visitor visa she was told that the next one was for two weeks and that would be her last for a while. I believe she had to stay out of HK for 9-12 months before they would grant her another visitor visa.

And there have been a number of reports of similar situations both here and on other similar forums.

[CamaronKazi]

Just to clarify, I was referring to the reciprocal holiday working visa agreement between Hong Kong and Australia. The comments above only really apply to entering HK as a visitor.

[sabi]

Yes I know personally of one case (actually it was a mother coming here from Korea to look after her grand-daughter while her daughter worked). After, I think, 4 renewals of her 3 month visitor visa she was told that the next one was for two weeks and that would be her last for a while. I believe she had to stay out of HK for 9-12 months before they would grant her another visitor visa.

And there have been a number of reports of similar situations both here and on other similar forums.

Could she not put the granny on a domestic helper's visa? After all, that was what she came for. I know of cases where visitor gfs switched to student visa - try also entertainment or other skilled category visa.

[Bluey]

CamaronKazi,

my girlfriend was able to secure a working holiday visa. Keep in mind some of the limitations with this:
- can only work for any one employer for 3 months or less;
- only valid for 12 months; and
- only a limited number of working visas issued each year.

Good luck.

[berryplucker]

Could she not put the granny on a domestic helper's visa?

Of course they tried that, but immigration said no - you can't employ members of your own immediate family as DHs. And she wasn't old enough to come in as a dependent.