{"id":1262,"date":"2020-01-23T08:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T08:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finearts.hku.hk\/dev-finearts3\/index.php\/academic-programmes\/master-of-art-in-art-history\/ma-staff-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:50:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:50:53","slug":"ma-visa-housing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/academic-programmes\/master-of-arts-in-art-history\/ma-visa-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa &#038; Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.6;\">Student Visa<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>If you are not a holder of a Hong Kong Permanent Identity Card, a dependent visa, a work visa or an Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG) visa, you must obtain a\u00a0student visa\u00a0before you take up the studies.<\/p>\n<p>The processing time of student visa application is approximately 10-12 weeks.\u00a0Students should\u00a0proceed to apply for a student visa immediately. Failure to obtain a valid student visa for registration before the start of the semester may result in this offer of admission being withdrawn. Please refer to the respective University\u2019s websites listed below on the procedures for visa application:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chinese Mainland students<\/strong><br \/>\nInstructions and procedures: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentvisa.hku.hk\/mainland-student\">https:\/\/www.studentvisa.hku.hk\/mainland-student <\/a><br \/>\nOnline Application system: <a href=\"https:\/\/studentvisa-mainland.hku.hk\/\">https:\/\/studentvisa-mainland.hku.hk\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other international students<\/strong><br \/>\nInstructions and procedures: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentvisa.hku.hk\/\">https:\/\/www.studentvisa.hku.hk\/<\/a><br \/>\nOnline Application system: <a href=\"https:\/\/studentvisa-overseas.hku.hk\/\">https:\/\/studentvisa-overseas.hku.hk\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single\" style=\"border-color:rgba(181,159,135,0.25);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-2{margin-top:20px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:40;line-height:1.6;\">Housing<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>As this taught postgraduate programmes is self-funded, and only students enrolled in government-funded programmes are eligible to University housing, <strong>our MA students are required to secure their own accommodation outside the University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those who need to look for private off-campus accommodation near the University, please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars.hku.hk\/index.php?route=accommodation\/information&amp;category=information\">CEDARS<\/a> for assistance and advice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":419,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1262"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12757,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1262\/revisions\/12757"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}