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rtm
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Sudz
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Glad to hear that the late contract signings do happen. I do trust the school - didn't get any dodgy vibes from them whatsoever.
I have an instructor visa that is only good until late August. Somewhat related to this, is that I do have some outstanding payments for health insurance/residence tax. I'm wondering if this might pose an issue with my move to Kanto/visa renewal (granted, I would likely have the residence tax sorted by then) |
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rtm
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| I have an instructor visa that is only good until late August. |
You may want to figure out how you are going to renew your visa before you make any decisions. I've never done the 'self-sponsored' visa renewal before, so I don't know the ins and outs of it. But, you'd hate to get to August and not be able to renew your visa. It appears that you will need to show a minimum threshold of monthly income and you'll also need a part-time employer to act as your main employer for the purpose of visa renewal. Also, the pages above do not list instructor as a type that can be self-sponsored (though specialist in humanities does seem to be).
Maybe others more familiar with this process will chime in. |
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Sudz
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure if it came to any point where I couldn't do it by my own means, I would think the school would help me. The other foreign teachers at the school are able to do it - I'm guessing they couldn't all be on dependent visas. |
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rxk22
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 7:51 am Post subject: |
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Thanks again guys.
Well we've just exchanged an email, and everything sounds good. However, they mentioned that the don't usually sponser people for visas, and that the foreign teachers usually handle this themselves.
Might this be common practice? I wouldn't know how to go about this - until now, all of my companies have done this for me. |
Seems more informal. But it seems OK. I would not worry about it. Sounds like you are good to go. |
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Sudz
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Well, all my chips are in now, so I hope so : ) |
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jkcm25
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:57 am Post subject: Good Call! |
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| Sudz wrote: |
| Well, all my chips are in now, so I hope so : ) |
Hey Sudz! I am exactly in the same position as yours. I worked as an ALT directly for the BOE for a year and decided to put all my chips in starting this April and accepted a part-time position at an elite (their advertisement) private junior high school in Tokyo. I'll be making as much as my current ALT job for half the hours i'll be putting in.
I'll be taking in side-jobs for sure to supplement my income, and also so that I could afford to pay for my graduate school program (TESOL) in Tokyo. I think there are a lot of side-jobs in Tokyo and you really have to sift through these opportunities and find out which ones are worth taking it.
I'll be self-sponsoring myself at the end of this year as I believe I'll be able to meet the "required threshold".
Anyways, good luck with your new job this April! This will be worth it for sure! |
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Sudz
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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cool, good luck to yourself as well! It was a bit of a stressful choice, but I had no regrets after sending in my resignation - actually felt like I lost about 80 pounds.
Haven't taken a look at the side jobs yet, but will do so soon. There's a lot out there it seems for those looking to supplement their income - but yeah, it's good to be picky when you have that luxury. |
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rxk22
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| Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Sudz wrote: |
| Well, all my chips are in now, so I hope so : ) |
You'll be alright. Good luck with the move and the job change. |
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Rooster.
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cool, good luck to yourself as well! It was a bit of a stressful choice, but I had no regrets after sending in my resignation - actually felt like I lost about 80 pounds.
Haven't taken a look at the side jobs yet, but will do so soon. There's a lot out there it seems for those looking to supplement their income - but yeah, it's good to be picky when you have that luxury. |
You'll enjoy it. It was a good choice.
Will this be the second city you've lived in in Japan then? |
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Sudz
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks. This will be number 3 - and my first real city in Japan |
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Sudz
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| I should start another thread for this, but regarding apartments: I'm wondering if it's best to just move into a shared house for a month or so (hopefully avoiding key money and all that jazz) and then search for an apartment while in Tokyo OR just taking a gamble and organizing something from here before leaving. |
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rxk22
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Depends, how much is your company willing to help you? Will they help you by being the guarantor of the apt? If not, guest house it up, until you can find something and get a guarantor yourself.
Good luck |
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Sudz
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| I'll have to find that out : ) |
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