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Work visa process.
Updated 8 July 2005
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Hello. I want to apply documents for working visa.
Please give me information how long time need for this prosses in Kanagawa-ken. I heard in Kahagawa it takes more time than in another prefectures.
People hwo knows something about it please write to auto_msa@yahoo.com
hi… im a freshly graduate on mechancal engineerng in the philippines. i have an ant in japan who has a friend in mazda(matsuda) car company that might get me there to work… how will i apply for my visa.?? will they do it for me… what requirements should i submit… process… please do help me..
also what requirements needed for caregiver to enter japan.. we also have a relative there who will enter us in a work in japan.. please help.. thnak you
Scoba: The company does the paperwork, with some input from you. In most cases I know of, the company deals with immigration and tells you what information and documents you need to supply.
As for caregivers, I am not sure. I think there are probably organisations in the Philippines that may be able to help — your relative in Japan may have some information.
good day to you..just got a chance to read mesages from here and it really gave me a big oppurtunity to ask some info..i have a sister who was married to a japaanese and i would like to apply for a touirist visa there..what are the needed requirements for me to be able to pass some of the embassy’s required documents??thank you and more powers…
Is it really difficult to apply for a japanese tourist visa???what if i will go to taiwan first as a tourist also then apply there for another tousrist visa japan??what will i do best??pls help me cuz i really want to go to japan///
Ching Li, the requirements for tourist visas depend on where you’re visiting Japan from. You shuld contact a Japanese embassy in your home country to find out what the requirements are.
hi ! good day to you.
i am here in Nepal & want to come with my wife, who is language student in Japan.What are the criteria to come there in working visa.I want to stay with her till her study.
thank you.
hello!
we tried asking for an application form for working visa in japan from our embassy here in the philippines, however, they alwasy refer us to get in japan. we have an employer in japan, however, they do not know the procedure and the requirements for it.
do you know where to get one and what the requirements are?
thanks for your help!
jhamm
I want to go to Japan to work. I’ve not tried yet. I am working as a Manager in a beverage industry. Please help me how i can get working VISA in Japan. I have already visited African countries and can work extensively to deliver certain results.
good day
can i get a working visa in cebu city?
what are the requirement to get a working visa?
Hi!
I am working in Japan on an Irish passport, one-year working visa.
My visa expires on the 1st of April. If I go to Korea and come back on the 1st april, can I come back on a normal 90-day tourist visa? If I was coming directly from ireland this would be ok, I am just wondering if coming back to the country on THE ACTUAL DAY the visa expires is ok? I have already booked flights… :/ I only want to come back for 3 weeks, not working.
thanks for any help.
Cait, in theory your plan should cause no problem. In practice, it might look a little suspicious to leave at the end of your work visa and then come back in “just for a holiday”. Make sure you have your plane ticket out of Japan to prove that you’re only staying for three weeks.
Note that your work visa will be cancelled when you leave for Korea anyway, unless you have a re-entry permit. To be clear, you could ask them to cancel your work visa when you leave. That’s a suggestion but not a recommendation.
The japanesse imigration refused to give me a visa for entertainer last year in november, so I have another chance if I try again and when I can do that without any risq?I`m roumanian, they have special rules for our country?
hi,anybody can answer my question,My Japanese husband have own company for aircon and electric.He willing to sponsor for working visa of my brother.MY brother living now in philippine and he graduate 6months of electricity.But the problem is that Impossible to get working Visa eventhough he graduate only a vocational?Co`z as I research they can`t get working Visa if the applicant is not degree graduate.Is that true?Anybody can help me.Thank you…
Hey, I am a native English speaker from the US who is planning to move to Japan after I get my bachelors degree in a few months. My girlfriend lives in Osaka and her father is willing to serve as my guarantor, but I will still need to find a language school to sponsor a working visa.
If I come over on a 90 day tourist visa, armed with a university degree, CELTA certification, a Japanese guarantor and a letter of recommendation, are my chances of finding a job and visa sponsor in the Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe area good? I dont have all that much money; I hope to avoid having to fully drain my savings, being forced to leave the country and never finding a job. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
hello, im from canada an d i have a friend of mine in japan and we both like eachother she came to visit me last summer, and im applying for a “holiday work visa” and i was wondering if we got married or something like that in future or while im there, would i go back to my country or could i get a form and chance my status to japanese
Hi Bennett,
Now I am holding Dependent Visa and I can work 28 hours/week. I have applied some jobs but always unlucky because the employer wants the people who can work more than 28 hours/week.
The question is
”In case I got a job and it possible to change visa status from dependent visa to be work visa?” and ”how long the process will take”?
Thank you so much.I really appreciate your website.
I got employer in japan, they only applied for work visa (valid for 3 years) before 3 months, till now we did not get any reply from immigration office. I have 2 years experience, My qulification is diploma in engineering (10+3), is my qualification is enough for the work visa ? can i get it ?
Hello
Just a quick one re. work visa. I was previously in Japan on working visas. Before I returned to my native Australia, I think I may have left some prefectural taxes unpaid (“living taxes”?). Will this mitigate against any future application I (or future employer) might make for a work visa? I am more than happy to settle the debt, but am unsure how to go about it from this end.