living and working in Hong Kong

mhoc

My son will be living and working in Hong kong for 6 months in 2015. The company he works for has a transfer scheme

Has anyone any general advice?

Its still at the very early stages of planning but I think he will be living on site and teaching English students.

I tried to look at the website about visas and I could not make head or tail of it - hopefully work will sort this out.

InsideInsurance

If his employer is doing this they should either be able to advise him of the requirements or have a standard company that they use to assist with Visas.

Will he remain an employee of the UK legal entity during his time there and be paid from here or will he transfer to their HK legal entity and be paid from there?

A quick look on the HK immigration website seems to suggest that if he is a british passport holder he can enter for up to 180 visa free but it wasnt instantly clear on if that covers work or not

Doshwaster

I have no experience of living in HK but I was there on a visit last month. It's a very interesting city but extremely expensive and in many ways more expensive than London. However, living in a place is always different to being a visitor so I'm sure he will learn how do do survive there without spending a fortune.

littlereddevil

My daughter lived in HK for years. It's a fantastic city and the only thing that is expensive is accommodation, but if he has that sorted there shouldn't be any problem.I didn't find anything else overly expensive on my visits. My daughter's work arranged her work visa. His 6 months will fly past.