The first of many.The High court may have asserted helpers the right to apply for Permanent Residency, but not the right for it to be granted.
Court rejects abode application
10-11-2011 RTHK Suresh Chandar reports
High Court dismisses bid for permanent residency.
The High Court has rejected a judicial review brought by a Filipino maid and her Hong Kong-born son for permanent residency. Josephine Gutierrez and her son, 14, challenged the refusal of the immigration authorities to grant them permanent identity cards.
They argued that the decision was made without properly analysing evidence that they'd made Hong Kong their permanent place of residence.
However, Mr Justice Johnson Lam agreed with the authorities that Ms Gutierrez hadn't taken any steps to prove she lived permanently in the territory. He also said her son didn't qualify for right of abode because he hadn't stayed in the SAR continuously for seven years
Court rejects abode application
10-11-2011 RTHK Suresh Chandar reports
High Court dismisses bid for permanent residency.
The High Court has rejected a judicial review brought by a Filipino maid and her Hong Kong-born son for permanent residency. Josephine Gutierrez and her son, 14, challenged the refusal of the immigration authorities to grant them permanent identity cards.
They argued that the decision was made without properly analysing evidence that they'd made Hong Kong their permanent place of residence.
However, Mr Justice Johnson Lam agreed with the authorities that Ms Gutierrez hadn't taken any steps to prove she lived permanently in the territory. He also said her son didn't qualify for right of abode because he hadn't stayed in the SAR continuously for seven years
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