The HK immigration has a special form for local sponsor(ID1004B). No special invitation letter is required.

The local sponsor could be anyone or corporation in Hong Kong. HK immigration likely prefers sponsor as a local contact person. If a sponsor is specified, HK immigration will contact the sponsor for visa collection, as well as fee payment, etc.

In addition, a passport copy(with return visa if nationality different than the resident country), Certificate of Employment/Student Status, financial certification and travel itinerary are required.

(2012/10/02 3:20), Nkansah Rexford wrote:
I +1 Doraemon!

The idea of writing "invitation letter", i wonder if that really  is support for acquiring a visa. A letter is simply a letter and I wonder how that affects the processing of the visa.  If Wikimania offers the invitation letter only and the the individuals works on the application and everything relating to its acquisition, I wonder how the Wikimania calls it visa application support.

Personally, I think the letter issue doesn't work, at least from the part of the world i come from.

rexford

On Monday, October 1, 2012, Doraemon wrote:

 Actually, a Hong Kong visa can be applied from Hong Kong Immigration Department by POST directly, even there's no Chinese embassy in your city, or there's something trouble with Chinese embassy.

 Please refer http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/id1004.htm

 You may print out the PDF application form, fill it and attach necessary document such as passport COPIES, mail to Hong Kong directly.

 Note:
1. Email address is very important because HK immigration will contact you by this way.
2. As now, I only know payment should be made by HK Cheque in HKD, or let someone else in HK go to the counter to pay for you. (It is better to ask someone in HK to help you)
3. The process time is much longer than an embassy, it usually takes 4-6 weeks.
4. Fee HK$160(approximately US$20).
5. The visa is a small seal paper, give you directly, and you have to paste to your travel document by yourself.

 In addition, since the visa process of Chinese embassy is sometimes "terrible", I would like to recommend Wikimania Hong Kong to help with visa application, not the "invitation letter", but to collect the documents, submit to the local Hong Kong Immigration counter in Wan Chai collectively, receive the visa and send to applicants before the conference. That may be the most convenience.

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