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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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Indiana Jones,
Aspara has done a nice job of answering.
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| I'm a bit confused. I thought if you were over 30, you need a degree to teach ESL? |
Not necessarily. The degree (or 3 years of experience) is for the work visa, which is different from the working holiday visa. If you are over 30, and you are Canadian, British, Australian, or New Zealander, you cannot get a WHV, so the other options are as I listed:
dependent visa (if your spouse is here on a work visa)
spouse visa (if your spouse is Japanese)
student visa (if you are enrolled in a Japanese school)
cultural visa (if you are sponsored by a craftsman)
None of these 4 visa types requires a degree.
What an employer wants in order to hire you is completely separate from what immigration requires in order to issue a visa. Employers may be perfectly happy with a non-degreed person and any of the above visas (as well as with a WHV), or they may not.
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| Does this mean you only a need a degree if you're applying for a WHV? |
No, no degree is needed for the WHV. Read here.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/w_holiday/index.html
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| So I can still apply for ESL jobs without a degree and if the employer wants to hire me, I can get a normal WV? |
Yes, but only if you can prove 3 years of full-time teaching experience somewhere.
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| I'd like to get a Cultural Visa, as I'm writing books set in Japan, but I believe you need proof of a publishing contract. Alas, all I have is wishful thinking. |
You'd better contact immigration on this one. "Cultural activities" on the MOFA site seem to fall into 2 categories. One is stuff like aikido and ikebana. The other one might be interpreted to mean writing about Japan, but it's not clear.
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| Quote from the MOFA web site: Academic or artistic activities that provide no income, activities for the purpose of pursuing specific studies on Japanese culture or arts, or activities for the purpose of learning and acquiring skills in Japanese culture or arts under the guidance of experts (for example, ikebana, tea ceremony, judo, etc.). |
Since the craft-like studies require sponsorship from someone you would study under, it makes sense that the other type of activities (not described at all) would, too. |
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Jared
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 319
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:23 am Post subject: |
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Yawarakaijin wrote:
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Jared if you do have 3 years work experience in a related field you can get a working visa.
This is true for the Humanities Specialist work visa for teachers, but I believe that most others require 5 or even 10 years of experience. |
Yes I was aware that the visa offered to people with 3 years experience was classified as a Humanities visa. Though what I've been planning was to do two years in China, then fly to Vancouver or Calgary after teaching in China for 2 years and getting a WH visa then flying to Japan. After doing my 3rd year in Japan on a WH visa, would it be easy to upgrade my WH visa to the Humanities Specialist work visa as long as my Chinese employers remember me well enough to be a reference for me? |
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