Hong Kong Travel Pass Transcript -
for those people who prefer to read, rather than
watch, the contents of the Hong kong Visa Handbook,
we have prepared the following transcript of the
A/V dialogue of our presentation Investment Visa
- Preparing
Your Case
Hong Kong Immigration Department Form ID91 is used
for applications made in Hong Kong for change of
status, change of employer, change of category and
all applications to extend the visitor or residence
visa or otherwise as part of an application for
unconditional stay.
The application form itself is fairly straightforward
with only five sections requiring specific commentary
and these are: page-details confirmation, personal
particulars, particulars of sponsor if applicable,
arrangements for children who are included in the
application, and the applicant’s declaration.
Page one of the ID91 form is relatively straightforward.
However, your attention is drawn to the last section
of the page where if you have downloaded or photocopied
the form, you are required to sign and date the
section to affirm that the contents are correct,
complete and true.
The personal particular section of page two of
ID91 form is also quite straightforward to complete,
requiring all in the provision of information which
you can find inside your passport. In this section
“proposed extension of stay until”, you should indicate
the time frame you are seeking in an extension to.
If you do not have a specific future date in mind,
for example your employment contract is for an indefinite
term or you are applying for unconditional stay,
you can simply write “at your discretion.”
If your application is supported by an accompanying
communication which you have crafted using the Hong
Kong Visa Handbook Templates, you should write “please
refer to the accompanying letter” in this section
which asks for full reasons and documentary evidence.
The sponsor section should be completed correctly
taking into account of the type of visa in question;
and once the section carries the heading “if applicable”
there is always a sponsor if the application relates
to student visa and employment visa of any kind,
a business investment visa, or a dependent visa.
If you have children included in your passport
and those children are to form parts of your application
on form ID91, the details of those included offsprings
should be added here. However, if your children
are travelling on the strength of their own passports,
a separate form ID91 should be completed in full
for each child separately.
Arguably, the most important section on the ID91
form is the applicant’s declaration without which
the application cannot proceed. In the case of children
under 16 who each completed the form ID91 in respect
to their own passports, the parents or legal guardian
may sign this declaration on their behalf with the
accompanying moniker by father, by mother, or by
legal guardian, whatever the case may be.
