Bangladesh or Hong Kong
Two countries side by side across the same rows as the full comparison. A dash means the value is missing: fields are not filled with guesses. about the data
| Bangladesh | Hong Kong | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary in IT | — | $ 61 224 |
| Citizenship | — | — |
| Partner can work | — | — |
| Parents | — | difficult |
| Pets | difficult | difficult |
| Pet limit | no limit | no limit |
| Quarantine | no | — |
| Residence permit fee | — | — |
| Rent, 2 bedrooms | $ 223 · estimate | $ 3 152 |
| Basket | $ 18,3 | $ 54,6 |
| Life expectancy | 74.93 | 85.39 |
| Homicides/100k | 1.76 | 0.38 |
| Natural hazards, 0–10 | 8.1 | — |
How the two sets of routes differ
Long-stay routes in this reference: Bangladesh — 31, Hong Kong — 21. Types present in both: work, study, family, investment, talent, repatriation and working holiday. Hong Kong adds: startup.
Fees, thresholds and deadlines
Bangladesh: fees range from 500 to 15,000 BDT. Routes with no fee: 2. Routes stating an income threshold: 1; the lowest is 75,000 USD a month. Routes with a published decision deadline: 29; the shortest is 3 days. Hong Kong: fees range from 330 to 600 HKD. Routes with a published decision deadline: 14; the shortest is 14 days.
Beyond the first permit
Permanent status: Hong Kong after 7 years; the other country publishes no term.
Bangladesh in brief
Bangladesh carries the highest natural risk in this set and some of the dirtiest air. On INFORM its overall risk is 8.1 out of 10, and it is high on every front at once: floods 9.9, earthquakes 8.9, coastal risks 8.9, tsunami 8.1, cyclones 7.9; only drought is low, at 1.9. Mean PM2.5 concentration is 69.25 micrograms per cubic metre. Even so, life expectancy is 74.93 years — markedly higher than in countries with comparable health spending (53.46 dollars per person per year) — basic access to water reaches 98.78 per cent of the population, and homicides at 1.76 per 100,000 are among the lowest figures here. Inequality on the Gini index is 30.9. On the World Bank scale from −2.5 to +2.5, political stability stands at −1.46, control of corruption at −1.10, rule of law at −0.96 and government effectiveness at −0.62. Road deaths run at 18.6 per 100,000. The immigration framework rests on two features. Issue and extension are split between authorities: the visa is issued by a mission abroad and extended by the Department of Immigration and Passports, and the document lists differ between the two — for extension, almost every work category adds a work permit and security clearance. The recommendation for work and investment categories comes not from the migration authority but from the investment bodies BIDA and BEPZA. Family is handled systematically: an F prefix on the principal applicant's category (FE, FPI, FN, FJ and so on), with the visa running for the same period as theirs. The authority publishes its processing standard in its citizen's charter: visa issue takes 3–30 working days depending on the category and conditional on a favourable investigation report. What this data does not contain, and why: no permanent status appears in the list of visa categories, and no investment-based permanent residence scheme could be found in accessible sources. The rules for importing cats and dogs are given from the British export health certificate, since no national source exists; two strict conditions follow from it — a mandatory import permit from the Bangladeshi veterinary authority and an outright ban on commercial imports of animals. City populations are not given: the latest census reports figures for agglomerations rather than for cities within their boundaries.
Hong Kong in brief
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the PRC with the status of a separate jurisdiction (“one country, two systems”): low taxes, English as a working language, three channels for skilled specialists (GEP, TTPS, QMAS). Permanent residence comes after 7 continuous years, but it is not the same as PRC citizenship — naturalisation is difficult and does not allow dual citizenship. The official dependant visa covers only a spouse and minor children, not parents. Housing is among the most expensive in the world; typhoons are a recurring natural hazard.
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This material is for reference and is not legal, tax or immigration advice. Visa rules, tax thresholds and prices change. Before deciding anything, check the official sources and consult a licensed professional in the relevant country.