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ChrisRose
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
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Location: Hong Kong
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 Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:22 am Post subject: Sponsership for Japan |
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Hello Japanese forum,
I a British citizen who lived in Japan with my first wife, but i have been living in Hong kong for the last 14 years. No longer maried to a Japanese national.
I can't tell you how much I miss life in Japan.
I would like to take a working holiday of less than 1 year and have 2 questions:
1) Sponserhip.
I don't have a degree, but I have a Dip.Ed. a Cert. Secondary ELT teaching, Cert. Furteher and Adult Education, City & Guilds Teachign Practise, ICTC, ICTE and a few other teaching certs. Will I be able to gain sponserhip on these qualificatons?
2) Which of the English Schools (Aeon, Nova) etc. have the best pay / terms?
Looking forward to feedback,
Thaks in advance
Chris |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: Re: Sponsership for Japan |
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| ChrisRose wrote: |
I would like to take a working holiday of less than 1 year and have 2 questions:
1) Sponserhip.
I don't have a degree, but I have a Dip.Ed. a Cert. Secondary ELT teaching, Cert. Furteher and Adult Education, City & Guilds Teachign Practise, ICTC, ICTE and a few other teaching certs. Will I be able to gain sponserhip on these qualificatons?
2) Which of the English Schools (Aeon, Nova) etc. have the best pay / terms?
Looking forward to feedback,
Thaks in advance
Chris |
Working Holiday visa is for people up to the age of 30. Unless you married at 15 or 16 you are out of luck. How old are you?
Japanese immigration requires a university degree to get a work visa. Spouse visa is not an option. You only alternative may be if you have 3 years of proven experience in ESL it may be possible to get a work visa with no degree.
All the big language schools pay about the same, 250,000 yen for a forty hour work week. Which is 'best' depends on what you are looking for most in a position:
time off and amount of holidays, training, accomodation provided, working conditions, bonus etc. |
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ChrisRose
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:42 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply, I am 37 years old.
I have 14 years of teaching ESL.
Will it be difficult to find an employer with sponsership? |
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| ChrisRose wrote: |
Thanks for the reply, I am 37 years old.
I have 14 years of teaching ESL.
Will it be difficult to find an employer with sponsership? |
What people coming here forget is that often it is not up to the employer but immigation. You can have all the qualifications and pieces or paper and love of japan but if you can not get a work visa you can't work here.
People come here with no training and skills in teaching EFL but have a 3 year degree which qualifies them for a work visa. Here is what the MOFA website says about getting an instructor visa:
1. In cases where the applicant is to engage in instruction at a vocational school ("Kakushugakko") or an educational institution equivalent to it in facilities and curriculum or in cases where the applicant is to engage in instruction at other school with a capacity other than a "teacher", the following conditions are to be fulfilled.
However (a) is to be fulfilled in cases where the applicant is to engage in instruction at a vocational school or an educational institution equivalent to it in facilities and curriculum which is established to give the children with the status of residence "Diplomat" or "Official" mentioned in Annexed Table 1 (1) or "Dependent" mentioned in Annexed Table 1 (4) education of primary, junior and senior high school in foreign language.
The applicant must have graduated from or completed a college or acquired equivalent education, or must hold a license to teach the subject that he or she intends to teach in Japan.
When the applicant is planning on teaching a foreign language, he or she must have acquired education in that language for at least 12 years. When the applicant is going to teach other subjects, he or she must have at least 5 years' teaching experience in that subject.
I'm not immigration, so I cant tell you what their criteria are, but as long as immigration says you can get a visa to work here, then you can approach employers and negotiate sponsorship of a visa. They can not sponsor you if you can not get permission to work here. Keep your eye on the ball, here. Get the visa and everything else is gravy.
I will add you will see some schools that want young teachers- take it with a grain of salt. New graduates are cheaper to hire, though NOVA has teachers in their 50's and 60's. I am 41 for what its worth. Getting jobs here is about persistence, having the required piece of paper and doing well in the interview. |
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