Hi all,
Have a quick question. Was browsing around some forums and saw somewhere that there's an (unofficial) minimum of 2 years of post-graduate work experience required to get work visa approval -- similar to the (again unofficial but a confirmed rule for all purposes) 20,000 HKD per month minimum salary.
Checked the immigration departments website and resources like GEP and could not find any specific mention of this, though generally can guess it would fall under "special skills/experiences" similar to how the minimum salary would fall under teh section stating the salary must be to professional market standards.
Anyone have any experience with this? Anyone ever get a work visa with less experience than that, and were there extenuating circumstances (really really niche market, etc?)?
I guess for my own specific sake too, I currently hold about 1 year's worth of post graduate experience (recent grad). Was offered a position with a large global firm in HK and they/hired agency are handling visa process. I check off all the other boxes -- salary is well above requirement, have relevant degree, experience has been with brand names in the industry to date (including an internship with this same company pre graduating), can speak both Canto/Mando, company even worded the offer letter so that it doesn't seem like a junior position (more like a mid-level one) and have made efforts to hire locally twice, have all documentation. Just don't have the 2-year threshold. And I guess the job really isn't something that a local can't do (financial services), but think can def BS something on that front.
How much of a problem is this? Agency nor company have brought it up at all and really doesn't seem like they think it's a problem...is this an oversight on their end?
Sorry for the long post! Think may be of interest to all recent grads job-hunting in HK.
Thanks!