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Eligible Hong Kongers can apply for a work permit. [255] On 15 January 2025, the Biden administration extended the deferral of removal of Hong Kong residents who are present in the United States for another 24 months. [256] Uruguay: Visa not required [257] 3 months Uzbekistan: Visa not required [258] 10 days Must arrive by air.
Canada's working holiday scheme, International Experience Canada (IEC), provides non-Canadian citizens the opportunity to work in Canada as TFWs on an IEC work permit. [116] IEC is divided into three tiers: [117] Working Holiday, Young Professionals, International Co-op Internship.
As Hong Kong was linked to the Commonwealth during British administration, Canada's mission was called the Canadian Commission before the transfer of sovereignty to China on July 1, 1997. [1] Since 1980, the Head of Mission in Hong Kong has also served as Consul-General to Macau.
Migration from Hong Kong to Canada has soared to levels not seen since 1998, the year after the city's handover to China, according to new data. The exodus from the territory comes after Ottawa ...
The immigration of Hongkongers to Canada peaked in 1994, with 44,271 Hongkongers migrating to the country in that year alone. [5] A number of Hong Kong family units that moved to Canada during the 1990s were examples of an astronaut family, where most of the family unit was based in Canada, but one parent continued to live and work in Hong Kong ...
The Labour and Welfare Bureau (Chinese: 勞工及福利局) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for employment, labor-development, manpower, human resources management, poverty-reduction, and social welfare in Hong Kong.
The Quality Migrant Admission Scheme ("QMAS") is a points-based immigration system in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. [1] [2] It was first announced in February 2006, and began accepting applications in June of the same year; by September 2023, more than 20000 people had been admitted to residence in Hong Kong under the scheme.
Residence permit has a citizen identification number in the same format as resident identity card. This is the first time that the Chinese government ever assigns a number to residents of these places. [5] The address codes of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the identification number are 810000, 820000 and 830000 respectively.