Workflow for Visa Entry Permit Application for Non

Visa/Entry Permit Application Procedures
for non-local HKUST PG Students
For details, check http://pg.ust.hk/cgi-bin/pg/eng/visa
Non-local applicant accepts an HKUST
conditional or firm offer of admission
From end-Mar for Fall Term / end-Oct for Spring Term
Applicant logins to the
HKUST Online Visa Application System
to file a visa / entry permit application
Tips: 1) allow at least 2 months for processing
2) before activation, visas / entry permits are valid
only for 3 months
3) visa extension is not applicable for current HKUST
MPhil students from Main China pursuing PhD
studies at HKUST
Applicant mails original of the visa / entry permit
application to HKUST as instructed
Tip: use courier service to save time
As sponsor, HKUST
1. Forwards visa / entry permit application to Hong
Kong Immigration Department (IMMD) for
consideration
2. Updates visa / entry permit application status in
the HKUST Online Visa Application System
IMMD approves visa / entry permit application
HKUST collects and sends visa / entry permit label to
applicant by courier
Chinese Mainland applicant applies
for EEP (“Exit-entry Permit for
Traveling to and from Hong Kong
and Macau”) and the relevant exit
permission from the Mainland
authorities (公安局)
Applicant activates label upon entry to Hong Kong:
1. For passport holder:
Please stick label onto valid travel document
2. For EEP holder:
Paper-format: Please stick label onto your EEP;
Electronic format: Please present the label
together with your EEP
(Version: 2 April 2015)
Tip: Process will take 2 weeks