New Content Daily Sign Up Here

Your Questions Answered

How Does a Prior Bankruptcy Impact on Getting a Hong Kong Employment Visa?

May 14th, 2018

Posted in Employment Visas, The Hong Kong Visa Geeza, Your Question Answered /


 

Will previous financial difficulties experienced ‘in another life’ outside of Hong Kong impact on your ability to secure an employment visa here?

SMALL-keep-calm-and-ask-the-visa-geeza

QUESTION

I’ve dreamed of living in Hong Kong for much of my life, but I have a bankruptcy in my past and don’t know if it will affect my plans to find a job and get a sponsored work visa.

How does having a USA bankruptcy (Chapter 7, elimination of unsecured debt, usually someone with few/no assets) on my credit record affect establishing myself in Hong Kong?

Do employers/ Hong Kong Immigration require credit checks?

Does having a bankruptcy in my past make it difficult get a work visa, make me an unlikely candidate to get a sponsored work visa?

Other than for an apartment rental credit check, does anyone officially have to know?

Since that unfortunate event quite a few years years ago, I’ve kept a good job, re-established my credit as much as possible, have several credit cards and saved quite a bit of money.

More Stuff  You May Find Useful or Interesting

Will a criminal record for shoplifting compromise your immediate and long term plans for residence in Hong Kong?

What happens if you inadvertently breach your conditions of stay by taking up an unauthorized employment in Hong Kong without first applying for a change of sponsorship?

The perils of contriving a job offer just for the purposes of a Hong Kong employment visa application

100% visa application success rate? Take it all with a pinch of salt

Is it better to apply for your visa before or after you relocate to Hong Kong?

PODCAST ANSWER

Play

VISIT OUR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE or VISIT OUR VISA GEEZA BLOG

Please select the social network you want to share this page with:

The Hong Kong Visa Geeza (a.k.a Stephen Barnes) is a co-founder of the Hong Kong Visa Centre and author of the Hong Kong Visa Handbook. A law graduate of the London School of Economics, Stephen has been practicing Hong Kong immigration since 1993 and is widely acknowledged as the leading authority on business immigration matters here for the last 24 years.

Handbook Contents
Professional Service Options...