Hong Kong Immigration Department made the announcement today that, starting from the 19th of June, the application policies for entry visas or permits for dependants, foreign domestic helpers, imported workers, students, training and working holiday will be adjusted. The applicants will be required to declare whether they have been convicted for any criminal offences in the past.
However, the application policies for the extension of stay, and for foreign domestic helpers presently working in Hong Kong who will thereafter apply for contract renewal with the same employer or for completing the remaining/extended period of the current contract with the same employer and for change of employer in Hong Kong, will not be included in the modification, according to the department.
The department said further that, those applications that will reach its office on or before the 18th of June would still be processed without regard to a declaration of criminal convictions record from the applicants.
The adjustment in the policy is said to come up after a controversial mainland scientist named He Jiankui, who was once jailed in China for diting a baby's gene had his top talent visa to Hong Kong revoked in February on suspicion of making false statements.
在香港工作和學生簽證需要無刑事定罪聲明
香港入境事務處今天公佈，由6月19日起，調整受養人、外籍家庭傭工、輸入勞工、學生、培訓及工作假期的入境簽證或許可的申請政策。 申請人將被要求聲明他們過去是否曾因任何刑事犯罪被定罪。
然而，延長逗留期限的申請政策，以及目前在香港工作的外籍家庭傭工其後申請與同一雇主續簽合約或完成與同一雇主的現有合約的剩餘/延長期限，以及 該部門稱，在香港更換雇主，將不包括在變更範圍內。
該部門進一步表示，那些將在 6 月 18 日或之前送達其辦公室的申請仍將得到處理，而不考慮申請人的刑事定罪記錄聲明。
據說這項政策的調整是在一位名叫賀建奎的有爭議的大陸科學家之後出現的，他曾因刪除嬰兒的基因而在中國被判入獄，2 月份因涉嫌作出虛假陳述而被吊銷了他的香港頂尖人才簽證。
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