For Pakistani nationals, a tourist visa for Hong Kong is necessary. The typical length of stay is up to 90 days, and the visa expires after that time. When applying for a Hong Kong tourist visa, the applicant is not necessarily to be present. The tourist visa application requires a total of ten papers.
Pakistani nationals’ requirements for Hong Kong tourist visas
The closest Chinese embassy or consulate is where travelers can apply for a visa. You can also send your visa application to the HKSAR Immigration Department through a local sponsor or directly by post as an option.
Application forms and supporting documentation can be sent via fax in the first instance to speed up processing. However, the HKSAR Immigration Department must receive the original copy of the filled application form as well as the necessary photographs right away via air mail.
Employed population
Females of particular ethnic groups, especially Pakistanis, participate in the labor force at rates that are significantly lower than those of their male counterparts.
Male labor force participation rates exceeded 70%, and female rates fell below 40%. For Pakistanis, 42.5% of women worked as “Clerks/Service Laborers and Shop Sales Workers”, compared to 33.1% of men who were employed in “Elementary Occupations” including porters and building site workers. A high sex ratio for Pakistanis aged 45 to 64 suggests that many Pakistani men are working in that country, maybe leaving their families behind in their own countries.
How to apply from Pakistan for a tourist visa to Hong Kong
The following is the procedure on how to apply:
Pakistani nationals must visit the closest embassy to obtain a visa for Hong Kong.
- Complete the application form.
- Complete the application, and present your passport and the necessary documentation.
- Pay the fee, and submit it to that country’s consulate.
- You will receive an email notifying you of the outcome of your visa application.
- Pick up your passport at the embassy.
You are now free to depart and remain there as long as your visa is valid.
Hong Kong immigration scheme
The UK’s Highly Skilled Migrant Program and the Scheme that its government developed are very similar. The Plan is an entry-level plan. It is quota-based and aims to entice highly qualified or talented individuals who are recent immigrants and do not have the legal right to enter and remain over there to settle there to increase the country’s economic competitiveness in the global market. Before arriving in that country to settle, successful applicants are not needed to obtain a job offer there.
Before they can receive points under one of the two points-based examinations, namely the General Points Test (a minimum of 80 points are needed to be qualified) or the Achievement-based Points Test, and compete with other applicants for quota allocation, all applicants must meet a set of requirements. If successful applicants for the Scheme can maintain and accommodate their dependents out of pocket without requiring public help, they are allowed to bring their spouse and unmarried dependent children under the age of 18 to the city.
Similar to the HSMP program, the applicant will be given a 12-month stay at first, with the possibility of an extension if the Immigration Department determines that the applicant has taken steps to settle by establishing residency there, such as by finding gainful employment or starting a business.
Migration
In the nineteenth century, when trade between China and India was active, Pakistanis made their initial settlement.
Japan was the first trading partner of the East India Company. Most of the transport vessels utilized by the British sailed in Chinese seas. As a result, trade between the corporation and China developed quickly. A growing number of commerce ships were transiting the Hong Kong harbor at the same time. The majority of the sailors in the commercial ships were from Pakistan. The trade peaked in 1829, and ever since then, the door has been open for the first Muslims to establish themselves.
Many British Indians from the region that is now known as Pakistan commonly traveled to British Hong Kong before 1947 when Pakistan was still a part of British India, although currently some of them are counted as “Indians in Hong Kong”.
