Can i do an MA FT and get a visa to work PT, if my employer will take on my visa?

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  1. #1

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    Can i do an MA FT and get a visa to work PT, if my employer will take on my visa?

    Just been accepted onto a Full Time MA Course and would like to know if i have an employer willing to sponsor me for part time work, am i able to do both visa wise?

    Thank you!


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    If you get a study visa it does not allow you to work and if you get and work visa it does not allow you to study, and a PT job cannot get you a work visa.

    The only way you could do both at the same time is if you have a dependent visa or are a permanent resident.


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    Put simply, no.

    There are some limited exceptions. See paras 19-22 of the Guidebook for Study Visas, here: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration Department