Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden

Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by joonix on Sunday June 16, 2013 @07:46PM (#5890582)

I haven't seen any articles discuss a major issue: his immigration status. If he's on a visitor/business visa he likely only has 6-12 months in the country. If he's there as a tourist, 90 days. If he overstays his visa, he can be arrested and deported.

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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by akiselev on Sunday June 16, 2013 @08:47PM (#5890757)

By which time he can probably get a Visa somewhere else and rinse and repeat, shuffling between two secure locations and flight paths. Once extradition proceedings have begun, he can no longer be deported.

Deportation and removal orders still have to go through the court system though: http://www.hkhrm.org.hk/english/reports/eimrev96.html#Deport...

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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by cema on Monday June 17, 2013 @06:35AM (#5892374)

  shuffling between two secure locations and flight paths

That would still be observable and therefore risky.

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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday June 16, 2013 @08:10PM (#5890661)

Day trip to Macau might fix that. I bet he can get a special accommodation though.

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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by reedlaw on Sunday June 16, 2013 @08:53PM (#5890782)

He might face extradition at the border, depending on how Macau-China-US relations work.

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Re:Choosing Hong Kong Is a Brilliant Move by Edward Snowden by fnordfnordfnord on Sunday June 16, 2013 @11:25PM (#5891256)

Macau is a Special Administrative Region, of the PRC just as HK is. An entry/exit is sufficient to reset the timer on your entry visa with the mainland. I'm assuming the same thing works between HK and Macau, but I've never tested it.

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