Hello, my employer, a multinational accounting firm with strong presence in HK, is relocating me to HK for a foreign assignment. We are starting the work visa application process this week and targeting to have me fly over in September. I am currently residing in the US.
Question: When submitting the GEP application, is everything submitted directly to the HK Immigration department for their review, and Thus no need to submit application through the Chinese Embassy/Consulate in the US. As I understand there are two ways to submit application: (i) is directly through the HK Immigration Dept., and (ii) is through an Chinese Embassy/Consulate overseas; but on the HK Immigration website, it did not appear to explicitly require you submitting through an embassy/consulate.
Is this understanding correct?