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[Glenski]

yamanote,
I would recommend that you stop nitpicking and read the following thread.
http://www.gaijinpot.com/bb/showthread.php?t=28456

People including immigration officials use the term visa instead of status of residence unless there is a need.

And, there may indeed not be a name such as "self-sponsorship" to any work visa, but that's what is commonly used by us foreigners and some immigration officials for the situation when you don't have just one FT employer sponsoring your visa. I myself have written many times on these forums to say that the term "self-sponsorship" is a misnomer, but I don't think your post was altogether helpful.

[yamanote senbei]

Bland on the GaijinPot thread you cited Glenski has got it right, immigration officials may use the word visa because the person they are talking to doesn't know the correct nomenclature. If enough foreigners start using the word "donut" to refer to stay of residence, immigration officials will probably catch on and might even start using the word "donut" themselves in an attempt to make themselves understood, but they would feel a lot more comfortable talking about stays of residence.

If you walk into immigration and start talking about self-sponsorship they won't know what you are talking about because:

a. there's no sponsorship
b. there's no self-sponsorship (see a)

Whoever started this legend must may have been confused with the word guarantor, the meaning of which is also confusing to most people. Guarantors are required for certain stays of residence.

Many unscrupulous employers play off of employees' lack of understanding of the "visa" mechanism in Japan and put invalid clauses in about the employer revoking the employee's "visa" in various circumstances.

Your first post on this thread was also quite nitpicky.

To the original poster, if you haven't got the minimum requirements, get them.