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Jared
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
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Location: Canada
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 Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:43 pm Post subject: Working Holiday Visas. |
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Hello. I am interested in teaching in Japan. However I was told that you need to apply 2 months ahead of time before your departure date. My only question is, should I find a job in Japan while I wait for my visa to process through? Or should I wait untill I recieve it from the Japan embassy? Also, when people work in Japan with a holiday working visa, are they able to find a contract that will include airfare? Thanks for your time.
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PAULH
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 4672
Location: Western Japan
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Working Holiday Visas. |
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| Jared wrote: |
Hello. I am interested in teaching in Japan. However I was told that you need to apply 2 months ahead of time before your departure date. My only question is, should I find a job in Japan while I wait for my visa to process through? Or should I wait untill I recieve it from the Japan embassy? Also, when people work in Japan with a holiday working visa, are they able to find a contract that will include airfare? Thanks for your time.
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You can probably contact schools before you arrive but dont think they will offer you a job before you arrive. Most will want to meet you first. The working holiday visa allows you to travel and experience Japan and work to fund your travels, it is not a full work visa. Best not to tell immigration or the embassy you have a job lined up or they may turn you down for the WH visa. If you want to work full time, get a sponsored work visa.
No school will pay airfare for a person on a working holiday. Even teachers with degrees and working at NOVA etc have to pay their own airfares, and there are thousands of teachers already here they can choose from without having to fly someone in. Your skills as an English teacher are not that much in demand, especially as you can only work part time and your employer will not sponsor your visa. Don't get your hopes up here. |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Posts: 12844
Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| I was told that you need to apply 2 months ahead of time before your departure date. My only question is, should I find a job in Japan while I wait for my visa to process through? |
Sounds like you may be putting the cart before the horse.
You need an employer to sponsor a work visa for you. Even if you string together several PT employers, you still need them to provide information to immigration just like one FT employer would. After you have secured such an employer, the paperwork for the visa process will be started. After you get the visa you can start working.
So, in the most general terms, here is a timeline...
1. Find an employer. You might do this from your home country or from Japan.
2. Assuming you pass interviews and the application process, the employer will ask you to provide some information to send along with his own to immigration in order to get your work visa. This will usually take 4-7 weeks. You will get a Certificate of Eligibility stamped in your passport, and when you come to Japan, this serves as the starting time for your visa period.
3. If you are in Japan at the time the paperwork is started, you will still have to wait 4-7 weeks to get the visa. In some RARE cases it happens in less time, but I wouldn't count on it. You might be asked to work for your employer during this time, even though it is illegal. Some employers are not legitimate and will string you along with promises and false claims of "delays" at immigration until you have overstayed your tourist status and are forced to go home (or be deported). You will just have to judge whether he is on the up and up. If he is legit, you may still not see your first paycheck for 4-6 weeks after you start work. Bottom line, if you come here, plan to support yourself for at least 2 months. This usually means coming with US$4000.
4. You may still be asked to leave the country to complete the paperwork for your visa. This involves a trip to another country with a Japanese embassy (usually Korea) for a day. The trend now is NOT to be forced to do this, but I have not heard of any policy (yet) that has put this into effect for all immigration offices. Bottom line, those pocket expenses need to cover such a trip. |
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JezzaYouBeauty!!
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 86
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:23 am Post subject: me working holiday visa too...maybe |
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Hi guys,
I'm in Korea now, teaching. Will be going to Japan next year to teach. I have considered going back to Oz to get the Working holiday visa and then go to japan to look for work. OR......i can just hop on the ferry over to Japan when I'm done in Korea....and do it that way. I suppose I'm planning on getting a full-time English teaching job.
PROs and CONs of these two options?
Whadya reckon?!
Thanks if u have any feedback.
-JezzaYouBeauty!! |
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ronin
Joined: 22 Feb 2003
Posts: 50
Location: canada
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| Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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Jared I was on a WHV I'm a guy with experience so listen up bro. Your application should only talk about travelling in Japan and using work to supplement your travels, and the main theme of your application form should be travel. Now that said you don't need to look for a job before you leave, because when you get to Japan there are Working Holiday Visa offices in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka that will help you find full time work. When I arrived in Tokyo the WHV consular helped me find a full time job teaching and I was making 300,000YEN a month, other people were making the same amount of money without university degrees. There are many job postings at the WHV offices like working at restaurants as a dish washer, working at an office and working at ski and other types of resorts all over Japan. You can make decent money with a WHV.
Don't believe others who say that it's strictly a "holiday visa" no it's not because if it was the consolers at the WHV offices would not help you find full time jobs. They actually encourage you to hold two jobs if you can. Take it from me bro I did a WHV and yes the work hours are long but it will be the best time of your life! |
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