| Has anyone completed this process yet and can share their experience?
With the 'no need to pay for airfare' thing, isn't it true that when the govt say the helpers can stay in HK for the visa process, they are actually granting an extension of stay and the helper still has to go home within the first year of the new contract (deferred home leave)? So you still need to pay for the return airfare at some point, just not immediately?
I am confused as to how long all this 'express processing' etc actually takes. My main questions are:
1) At the Philippine consulate, they apparently have Express processing for 're-contracts'. Does this mean they do it at the time, over the counter, or does it still take 3 days to get the notarized contract? Does the employer have to be there?
2) The immigration website says "application will normally be finalised within the same day if all required documents are in order". Does this mean they actually grant the visa that day????
For us, our next levy instalment is due in December. However we are going on holiday in October and it would suit us to have our helper take home leave then.
I am not sure what my timing should be. I understand the lines at the Philippines consulate and immigration are pretty horrific at the moment, and I'm wondering if I can wait a month and do it then. My helper said she heard the consulate were only accepting applications this month. I think this must be wrong, but do they have a quota system or something?
Any help would be much appreciated!!!  |