Hi all,
Infrequent poster but have found this forum very helpful and would appreciate some advice on my upcoming PR application as I'll be hitting seven years very soon. Feels like just yesterday I arrived in HK, but there you go.
*I'm technically up for PR June 1 but have heard you can in practice apply one month before the effective date, on the understanding Immigration won't actually 'act' on the application until that date (though it still speeds things up a little). Is this still the case? A couple of things I read suggested applying even a month or less 'early' now gets you nothing but a response advising you're not yet eligible and to try again later.
*I'll be away for a big chunk of the summer and am due to fly out June 28 - assuming my application is timely is there a good shot of approval and having my new HKID in hand before I go? My current visa is valid until 2021 so guess it's not an issue either way but have heard about needing to be in town and able to show up at immigration for various aspects of the PR process, and wouldn't want to create any setbacks.
Many thanks.