The Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, effective since February 9, 2018. Any employment agent is not allowed to collect from a job seeker any fees or charges other than the prescribed commission, which is an amount not exceeding 10 per cent of the first month’s salary of the job seeker upon successful placement.Those who failed to do so may lead to prosecution …
Certifying a Passport Copy by CPA, Lawyers or Notary Public
Many of you are often required to have you passport certified. These certification is used for company incorporation, visa applications, client due diligent check, bank check etc…. A proper with clear text and picture coloured scanned is needed. Both upper and lower bio page must be scanned as one full page document. Nevertheless, the size of the passport scanned has to be …
Company Registry in Hong Kong has sanctioned approximately 1 in 4 firms during Anti-Money Laundering Inspections on 1,800 TCSPs licensed operators
Since March 2018, Company Registry imply Guideline on Compliance of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter -Terrorist Financing Requirements for Trust or Company Services Providers. There has been total of 1800 of TCSP licenses issued within the past 1.5 year. There has been 1024 TCSP licensed operator being interviewed. Total of 452 warnings given out to licensed holder and 32 firms has been …
The 2019- 2020 Budget Highlights for Enterprises in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan recently set out his budget for 2019-2020. Due to the uncertainties in the global economic landscape caused a decline in growth and confidence among enterprises. The budget was prepared with the aim of “supporting enterprises, safeguarding jobs, stabilising the economy, strengthening livelihoods.” Below is the highlight of the budget for SMEs. Support for Enterprises Waiver of …
APEC Travel Card arrangements with US and Canada
The United States and Canada are two members that participate in the APEC program. The American and Canadian APEC cardholders can use expedited immigration when they visit the APEC participating countries. However, they must have a US and Canada visa when they visit these two countries. In the US, the Customs and Border Protection is the government agency that handles …
What is an APEC card?
You should consider getting an APEC card if you are a business owner that travels around the Asia Pacific region a lot. Or you have been spending so much time lining up at the custom going through the immigrations. APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Business Travel Card. It is a visa that grants cardholders the privilege of visa-free entry and …
Benefits of using Cloud Accounting
Owners created and started their small businesses with the purpose and intention of doing what they love. Their passions are brought into the real world. Small-business owners are passionate in serving their customers. Therefore, they hope to make something special with their businesses. In an ideal world, these business owners do not have to worry about the admin aspect of …
Applying for a Hong Kong Identity Card once Visa is approved
What is the next step after your Visa is finally approved? Centre O is here to assist you in every step of the way for your business. Once your Visa is approved, you can begin the process of applying for a Hong Kong Identity Card. We can help you go through the process of ID card application one step at …
Starting an Employment Agency in Hong Kong with a license
Want to learn more about starting an employment agency in Hong Kong? You came to the right place! To begin with, what is an employment agency anyways? An employment agency is basically the messenger or the middleman between the employer and potential employee. The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance defines it as “an establishment or person who aims at obtaining employment …
Application Process of Employment Agency License
Obtaining an employment agency license is not as hard as you may think. Rather it is simple and straightforward as long as you have the necessary documents and follow the application steps. There is a procedure for applying for an employment agency license. Don’t worry if you are not familiar with the process as we have it all listed out …