2021年7月30日
Mark O’Neill
EJ Insight
The complexity of emigration
Do you want a detached house in West Sussex, a new apartment overlooking the sea in Liverpool or a condominium in Reading? And how about an investment vehicle to minimise payment of British income tax?
As they consider whether to emigrate to the United Kingdom, Hong Kong people are being bombarded with information about the country that may become their new home.
It comes in seminars, books, newspaper and magazine articles and podcasts from lawyers, property agents, finance specialists and ordinary people here and in Britain. If you attended them all, you would know more about property there than British people.
In the first quarter of this year, more than 34,000 Hong Kong people applied for BNO visa scheme for emigration. Last Monday was the last day for departures for LOTR (Leave Outside the Rules), which allowed temporary leave for those whose visa had not been approved. ...
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