As unrest deepens, Hong Kongers eye exits from Vancouver to Melbourne
HONG KONG/MELBOURNE/VANCOUVER - As protests in Hong Kong stretch from summer into autumn with little sign of resolution, a surge in migration applications suggests more locals are making plans to leave the special administrative region.
Requests for police-record printouts, which cost HK$225 and are only issued for visa applications or child adoptions, jumped 54% to 3,649 in August compared with last year. There have been more requests in 2019 so far than at the same point in any of the previous five years. “People like me in their 40s and 50s - we think about our child,” said the investor, who gave only her family name, Lee, because her employer forbids speaking to the media.
In June, lawyers and bankers told Reuters that wealthy tycoons were shifting their fortunes to places like Singapore.“The numbers are the highest in recent years, even higher than 2014,” said Peggy Lau, a sales director at Uni Immigration Consultancy in Hong Kong, where enquiries have surged sevenfold since protests began in June.
State authorities in Australia have noted a “significant” increase in visa enquiries from Hong Kong, but declined to give details. Immigration agents have said there is also growing interest in Canada, the U.S. and Ireland.
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