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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Nov 25th 2011, 5:03 am
Replies: 54
Views: 5,729
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Will global economic problems delay your return to UK?

Yes, it is delaying our return for sure :sneaky:
Personally, a few of my friends are finding it difficult to find jobs that are suitable for their level of experience or skill set and instead are...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Apr 4th 2011, 6:32 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,442
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Cantonese mandatory ?

She can get a dependents visa quite easily providing you are male as HK immigration do not recognize gay marriages.

She will most definitely be able to find work, it just whether she will find...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 31st 2011, 12:19 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,442
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Cantonese mandatory ?

I don't know in that specific field but generally speaking, there are plenty of foreigners here who don't speak any Cantonese who work and get by fine.
Can she transfer with her current company?...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 25th 2011, 4:42 am
Replies: 3
Views: 875
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Hypothetical migration for WHOLE family - LONG POST !

Sorry, miscommunication from before, its only my parents and their dependents that I'd want to migrate with us, the older adults can bugger orf :p

Will have a thorough look through all those...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 24th 2011, 6:29 am
Replies: 3
Views: 875
Posted By HK2UK

Hypothetical migration for WHOLE family - LONG POST !

IF my partner or myself were able to get visas to move to Australia, would I then be able to also legally migrate my parents there after a while?

Details -


We are married, under 30 and not...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 22nd 2011, 6:27 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,524
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Chinas view on UK managers

I don't think I even understand the question !
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 17th 2011, 9:25 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,969
Posted By HK2UK

Re: China bans English words in media

ha so true, especially when you get a form denied because you bloody wrote the date in the wrong way around ! doh!

Day - Month - Year - makes the most sense!
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 17th 2011, 9:23 am
Replies: 2
Views: 2,752
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Contracting in Hong Kong

Have you looked here?

http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/taxes/salaries

You do it at the end of the tax year here (everyone does) so you declare your own earnings and yes you would have to declare...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 16th 2011, 7:21 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,969
Posted By HK2UK

Re: China bans English words in media

That is another one that got me 'in trouble' I spelt Aeroplane during a class only to be corrected on how it is 'AIRPLANE' :thumbdown:
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 15th 2011, 7:03 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,969
Posted By HK2UK

Re: China bans English words in media

Brits don't struggle that much because we have so much American TV but say an untraveled American that your going to the garage for petrol they will definitely look confused.
Obviously its not a...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 11th 2011, 5:18 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,772
Posted By HK2UK

Re: can we be honest about our reasons to marry?

We were not asked why we were married either and did not provide anything other than a marriage certificate to prove our marriage.
We did supply years and years of other evidence to show we're a...
Forum: Malaysia
Mar 9th 2011, 4:02 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,398
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Facebook will shut down by end of March?

It saves a lot of time being able to post a bunch of photos on facebook for a select group of people to see rather than to individually email them all separately especially as Gmail is tedious to...
Forum: Malaysia
Mar 9th 2011, 3:56 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,398
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Facebook will shut down by end of March?

Because posting on an online internet forum is much better??? :confused:

FB is just a platform to communicate with others, you do not have to use it to declare what you ate and you are able to...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 6th 2011, 4:41 am
Replies: 4
Views: 657
Posted By HK2UK

Re: how much should you submit for the married visa?

When I did this (in HK not the UK) we submitted evidence of holidays together (flight confirmations & photocopies of matching immigration stamps in our passports etc) as well as previous tenancy...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 3rd 2011, 2:29 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 5,503
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Living/Working in Macau

Well its a discussion forum / classifieds / job site for Hong Kong but I've read a few Macau related things there and remember some of the frequent members there used to live there or work there etc,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Mar 3rd 2011, 2:18 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,038
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Temp Accommodation Suggestions Needed Please

Do you have much savings? Do you have a set place you want to move to?

He could look at Gumtree.com to find 'short term lets/sublets/holiday lets' for cheap accommodation or even a temporary house...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 3rd 2011, 1:57 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 5,503
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Living/Working in Macau

I've only been to Macau a few times, it is quite a small place really and not somewhere I'd personally move to...unless you like gambling there are many other places in Asia I'd rather live in.
...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Mar 3rd 2011, 1:53 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 3,092
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Dependent Visa - Easier to get Job?

english traveller - Macau and HK run completely separately as far as I know so I wouldn't expect being a dependent of someone with HK permanent residency to make any difference.
Forum: USA
Feb 28th 2011, 4:41 am
Replies: 152
Views: 13,981
Posted By HK2UK

Re: American accent

When my brother moved to the US I noticed his accent changed quite easily but then looking back he always spoke with that positive upbeat tone so it seemed natural that the 'twang' would join in.
...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 28th 2011, 4:34 am
Replies: 64
Views: 7,076
Posted By HK2UK

Re: What are you looking forward to back home?

In no particular order


staying at parents and getting my meals cooked etc!
catching up properly with friends
weather spoons
greggs
fish and chips
tescos etc (the idea of massive...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 28th 2011, 4:19 am
Replies: 100
Views: 21,050
Posted By HK2UK

Re: Sick of canada

Sometimes the grass will always be greener too...moving to Asia may not solve your problems of finding friends as expats are always coming and going to the point where its hard to make actual...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Feb 25th 2011, 3:27 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,969
Posted By HK2UK

Re: China bans English words in media

Well I meant more difficulty through accents actually, I.e when I asked for water, sometimes they just didn't understand me so I'd drop the T and then it was easier.

But there are actual...
Forum: China/Hong Kong
Feb 24th 2011, 1:07 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 3,969
Posted By HK2UK

Re: China bans English words in media

Cantonese and Mandarin and very different, there are SOME words that are similar enough to understand but you could not get very far with just Cantonese in China and Mandarin speakers may struggle...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 31st 2011, 2:54 am
Replies: 95
Views: 11,365
Posted By HK2UK

Re: High Crime Rate in the UK?

Personally, I've only ever had my mobile pick pocketed but I've witnessed a fair bit !

Car chase down my little quiet street, car crashes into neighbours car, guys get out and make a run for it,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 31st 2011, 2:19 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,553
Posted By HK2UK

Re: is there such a place ?

well the pro of a smaller house is that there is far less to clean !!!

But I guess if you have a big house, you can afford a cleaner or something maybe?
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