Read the full judgment text of HCAL 1996/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 March 2026.
1. The Applicant is a 31-year-old national of Indonesia who last arrived in Hong Kong on 23 October 2018 with permission to continue to work as a foreign domestic helper until the expiration of her employment contract or within 14 days of its early termination, but when her last employment was prematurely terminated on 17 February 2022, she did not depart and instead overstayed, and was arrested by police on 22 April 2023. After she was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, s