Dear Rexford,
I experienced many times of HK visa application. I suggest you to
try apply the visa from Hong Kong Immigration Department directly
instead of Chinese embassy. I think HK Immigration Department does not
require such documents.
You have to mail (or let someone in Hong Kong to submit ) the
application form with necessary documents to the Immigration Department
at following:
Receipt and Despatch Unit
Hong Kong Immigration Department
2/F, Immigration Tower
7 Gloucester Road
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Refer:
http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/visit-transit/guidebook.html
The necessary documents are listed on Section VI.
Note:
1. If possible, I suggest to have someone who living in Hong Kong (must
actually living in HK now) to be your sponsor, let him/her to submit the
documents, pick up the visa and pay the fee at the counter in Wan Chai.
2. If no one in Hong Kong can help you to submit and pay, a HK$160
cheque from HK bank may be necessary for payment. You have to put the
cheque into the envilope with your documents.
3. The application takes 4-6 weeks. If urgent, fax the document to +852
2824 1133 prior to you mail it.
If you have any questions, you can ask me at ka360(a)live.hk
Kevin
On 2013/05/22 0:27, Nkansah Rexford wrote:
Hi, I'm from Ghana. I'm rexford. I'm sorry
this comes off lengthy, but
its something i've faced before so wanna bring it up.
*Bank Statements*
To enter many countries ( I don't know yet for Hong Kong), the embassy
requires the bank statement of the inviting organization or the
organization funding the scholarship awardee aside the awardee's
personal bank statement.
The bank statement is basically required so the embassy knows that the
organization taking you out of your base country is worthy of caring
for you during the timespan of your stay in the new country of stay.
Irrespective of how big or small the inviting organization is, the
bank statement is really essential for the consulars
Last year, I that wasn't available for me from WMDC for 2012 Wikimania.
I want to learn if WMHK has any arrangement for releasing banks
statements - if not their global bank statement - at least with
respect to the awardee, indicating specifics (eg, allocated funds for
the person with respect to accommodation food, transport,
sightseeing(if any) etc)
Some countries are very critical about that (UK, US and other
developed countries (I presume Hong Kong is similar) - Though they
won't tell you directly that's why you were not accepted for Visa, in
their eyes, it counts a lot.
*Invitation Letter*
I'm sure WMHK will send to the scholarship winners who wish for visa
application assistance some letter(s). Seriously, such letters in
certain parts of the globe, like my country, hardly counts. I will
emphasize that, consulars in certain parts of Africa, including Ghana
don't take letters seriously, after all, letters are today writable
and signable by anyone anytime from anywhere. To that effect, such
types of letters sometimes loose their weight and intent though they
might be/or are legitimate. Its is very critical because of the number
of fraudulent cases reported at such embassies.
I ask, is there no other authoritative means whereby the WMF or WMHK
can directly correspond with the local embassy from where the awardee
is coming from other than just a sheet of white paper with black ink?
Their corresponding with the local embassy is NOT to decide for them
as to allowing their invitee to come around, but rather, to
*re-emphasize the fact that* its true the invitee is really invited by
an organization for blah blah blah.
I believe that will rather be a practical visa assistance, if one will
wanna call it that.
Many organizations intercede for their invitees when they lose
acquisition of a visa to travel. Their follow ups aren't meant to
challenge with the local embassy, rather to impress on them and try to
explain in clear and direct means what their inviting the person all
has to do.
It happened to me last year, thus my concerns. I couldn't attend WMDC 2012
I wish to be enlightened more.
Thanks.
rexford
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