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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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'K - we had a company purchased return air ticket Oz-HK-Oz that had a year limit and have just used it to return this time. I am wondering whether we can purchase just a single return to HK this time and in future do our returns to Oz ex-HK. Only coz the cost of sending money to Oz to pay for ex-Oz tickets seems to outweigh the benefits of a cheaper flight. BUT I am wondering if we can enter HK without a return ticket if we are on conditional work and dependent visas? Anyone had any experience of this?
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago (edited 1144 days ago) |
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Also... I remember that a round trip ticket can be less expensive than a one way!
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| posted by life 1144 days ago |
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I know where we live, we can't come in on a one way ticket if you do not have a work permit. But then you have to be in the country to get a work permit anyway. You might be able to look this up on the immigration / visa website for entering HK. Don't you have some sort of residency established? We ended up forfeiting our return ticket and now fly r.t. from here. SO if you do not mind losing the ticket back.... ...
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| posted by life 1144 days ago |
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Ahh that is a good point WS
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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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ws - I thought so too, but just found out today that the one way is just $10 over half of the round trip. So that is why we are considering it.
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago |
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Seems ok then. Go for it.
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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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I was told by a travel agent today that it is not the HK side but the Oz side that will stop us travelling without the requisite promise of entrance. I will check this out, but wondered if anyone else had their exiting country immigration prevent them from exiting???
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| posted by life 1144 days ago |
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Water, is the word Katolique (as spelled) a belgian word?
Forgive me GT. This question has been killing me.
But how can your own country insist that you come back?
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago |
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Catholique = Belgian, french way.
Katoliek = Belgian, flemish way.
Yours could be Brussels way... mixing both, lol.
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago |
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Jeez that is weird GT. "Gut-feeling" the guy or gal didn't know much about immi laws?
How on earth can you be denied entry in the country you are an accepted national from?
Ok, don't know about Australia but it seems too far fetched!
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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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Wasn't it mango who wrote katolique? And maybe it was a normal spelling error?
Life, I think Aussie immigration is just ensuring the safety etc of Oz citizens, not insisting we return. No point leaving this country if the receiving country won't accept us? But they are maybe more strict than the receiving country coz I doubt whether HK immigration would give a *** as to whether we have a return ticket. I have never been asked to show one, even on a tourist visa.
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago |
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Katholisch would be German/Austrian way, if not mistaken.
GT, not insisting to return is one thing, denying entry for a national is another game, don't you think so?
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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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Yeah - it may be that the travel agent was erring on the side of caution and maybe the Oz immigration do too. Maybe the Oz govt doesn't want to pay for return fares, lol. I guess I will just have to check it out this side, since different countries seem to have their own rules ... Europeans seem to get away with a lot more than the rest of us...
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| posted by Waterslang 1144 days ago |
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Now you're talking! Lol.
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| posted by Mango. 1144 days ago |
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Austrian would say "katolisch"
almost always friendly and polite
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| posted by life 1144 days ago |
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But Mango that is not what you posted elsewhere, which is what made me ask...
So GT what are you going to do?
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| posted by Gum Tree 1144 days ago |
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I will make the decision after doing a bit of further research. The cost of sending $$$ to Oz has been a bit high for us lately but maybe now the China Govt has moved to "de-peg" the yuan, things will get a bit better. So there are so many factors my mind is spinning,lol.
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| posted by jaykay 1144 days ago |
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GT, the last trip I made here before I got married was a one way. No problems in England or in HK even though I was just coming in on a tourist visa at that time. Obviously since then we've just booked return tickets from here.
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| posted by twirly 1144 days ago |
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GT - I bought a ticket from HK -OZ - HK and had no problems when I came back into HK.
I am not a HK resident, do not hold an ID card, and just came as a tourist. I also have no ticket to go back to Oz or any other country. I have an Aussie passport and never had any problems!
Hope this helps and hope you're enjoying your time back home!! :)
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| posted by minibusdriver 1144 days ago |
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cash i n your return ticket to australia and get what you can.
then buy your hk-syd, syd hk tickets. or still buy the new ticket and don't use the other one. when i came (all those years ago) i just sold the return ticket.
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| posted by minibusdriver 1144 days ago |
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BTW if you cannot sell the return in hk, do it when you are in oz. or can you sell it here and transfer it to someone else? anyways, there are a variety of options as there are species of GT's.
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