Hi there,

I am a New Zealand Permanent Resident and a Zimbabwean Citizen. I will be travelling to South Africa via Hong Kong on a New Zealand Certificate of Identity. Initially, I applied for a tourist visa nearly four weeks ago as my family and I intended to spend a five day stop-over in Hong Kong. The visa has still not arrived and I have since missed by initial flight. Due to this, we will now only be transitting through Hong Kong and remaining airside. Will the tourist visa be fine for this transit or do I need to apply for a transit visa instead? If so, how much longer will this take? I have not been able to get a solid answer from anyone at the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand. I have missed two flights awaiting the Hong Kong visa which is costing me a lot of money. I am heading to a family reunion in Zimbabwe as I have not seen my family in 10 years. At this stage I am wondering if the Hong Kong visa will ever come. I already have a returning residents visa and a South African visa. Any help you could give would be highly appreciated as I cannot afford to miss another flight.