My husband is sponsoring dependent visas for my son and I and we've been having a heck of a time trying to understand the situation.
His employer originally gave us the forms to apply and instructed us to just hand it in to Immigration for dependent visas. So when we arrived here to HK, we filled out the form and handed it in. The lady there told us that we had the wrong form - turns out that they were an extension of stay application, not a dependent one. So after giving us the correct form and the list of documents needed, we came back the next day to hand it in.
Now we find out that my husband was supposed to apply for these before we got to HK. So, they set us an interview to attend to explain why we didn't do apply for it before we arrived in HK. They set it at a date when my husband is supposed to be working, and we asked the lady if it's okay that he's not there even if he's the sponsor. She said it wasn't necessary for him to be there.
But lo and behold, when we got home to look at the time I'm supposed to go to Immigration, it says on the paper that the sponsor is supposed to be there. To quote the paper:
"To facilitate our consideration, will the applicant and the sponsor attend in person on/within one week from date so and so (except Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays) to counter No.1 at 7/F of the Immigration Tower.
Now, I'm just asking, to anyone who might know, if I my husband and I can go maybe a couple of days later than the specified date so that he will be present, or will I have to go alone and risk looking bad in front of Immigration? (I don't know if that lady at the counter was too reliable, she couldn't even read my husband's pay slip right, stating that we didn't give her January's pay slip when it was in her hand.)
Any help would be appreciated!