Girlfriend visa for Hong Kong?
First Published August 8, 2012
So, you’ve met a lovely local girl recently on your holiday to Thailand, Indonesia or the Philippines and you’re thinking about the kind of visa she might get to allow you both to carry on your relationship now that you’ve returned back to Hong Kong.
In these circumstances, you might be tempted into thinking that a Foreign Domestic Helper visa is the way to go.
However, this is not a good idea for very many reasons, not least that you will almost certainly be breaking the law – both of you!
In the process of applying for a foreign domestic helper visa both you and your new beau will effectively be making misrepresentations to the Hong Kong Immigration Department – and this is a criminal offence.
You can, and almost certainly, will go to jail – the both of you!
And when you do get out of prison, unless the you have the Right of Abode, it’s unlikely that you’ll be allowed to remain in Hong Kong – she won’t certainly – and it could well mean the end of your time in Hong Kong.
So, if you’re thinking about such a solution to your girlfriend’s Hong Kong visa problem – please think again – it is just not worth it.