Hong Kong Visa Handbook

Fiancé
Quick Summary

Eligibility

A visitor to Hong Kong who is formally engaged to a Hong Kong resident and who requires an extended period of stay to remain in the HKSAR prior to the nuptials (legal ceremony) is able to apply to extend their visitor visa to cover the period before the ceremony takes place. This is known as a prolonged visitor visa application.

Approvability Test

The path to approval requires proof that the ceremony leading to the legal marriage has been booked and the Hong Kong resident partner has the means to support his/her fiancé in Hong Kong pending the nuptials. Subsequently, the applicant will be able to apply for a dependant visa predicated on the fact of the legal marriage.

Structuring Your Argument

This is all about documentation demonstrating the booked ceremony arrangements as well as proof of financial capability. Moreover, the applicant will have to satisfy the examining officer that he/she has a suitable place to stay pending the formal nuptials.

How to Apply

The application together with all of the supporting documentation is submitted to the Visitors section at Immigration Tower. The application will typically be decided ‘on the spot’.

Approval Formalities

Once approved and if you are planning to exit Hong Kong prior to the nuptials you are advised to seek a re-entry permit so that your prolonged visitor visa consents are not cancelled when you leave Hong Kong and upon your return to the HKSAR the examining officer will grant you a period of stay with the same expiry date granted at the original approval.

Documents Required

Extension of stay application form ID91
A declaration letter signed by the applicant declaring that he/she will not take up employment, join in a business or study whilst holding prolonged visitor visa status.
A confirmation letter to be signed by the sponsor confirming that he/she will be responsible for meeting the applicant’s financial needs in Hong Kong.
A letter detailing the sponsor’s relationship with the applicant and to be signed by both parties.
A letter from the sponsor’s employer/company in Hong Kong and/or a copy of the Employment Contract showing the sponsor’s financial package.
Copy of the both the sponsor’s bank statements for the past three months and/or other supporting documents as proof of financial stability of both partners.
Original passports of both the sponsor and the applicant.
Copy of the sponsor’s Hong Kong Identity Card.
Proof that the marriage ceremony has been booked.

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