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Possible to Apply for a Japan Work Permit in Beijing?
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seklarwia



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Location: Monkey onsen, Nagano
PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Xanthos wrote:
Wow, that's some serious cash fopr someone coming from the China TEFL market Laughing .

I was being paid 10,000/month by my main job plus a housing allowance (I opted for a free apartment on campus), termly travel allowance for holidays (basically I submitted receipts for holiday travel which were reimbursed upto a certain amount) and food allowance. So even if I hadn't been lucky enough to be pretty well off and have that kind of money floating about, I still could have saved up enough in a year to set up in Japan.

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TOKYO INTERNATIONAL HOSTEL charges 3860 per person per night, 450 for breakfast, 900 for dinner, and guessing it would be another 900 for a decent lunch, then that's 189,410 for 30 days (around 1500 GBP/ 2300 USD). I'm wondering where the extra 300,000 is coming from? Renting an apartment at the beginning of the contract?

See this why research is so important.

As Bread and Glenski have said, my 500,000 is calculating a much lower monthly living expense (definately don't need to spend 190,000/month!) over about 4 months (the time it may be between first getting hired to first getting paid) plus some start up costs because even moving into a guest house can have moving in costs.

And as Bread said, if you are coming over here with a job in hand and a visa already organised, then you may be able to cut 200,000 from that initial amount. But again it does depend a lot on your housing situation; if you are not placed in a large city (a big probability of this happening if you come over with a large overseas recruiter) then you may not have the choice of a guest house. And if your employer doesn't have an apartment already lined up for you with no start up costs you are going to need that extra money.

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Hmm.... I haven't ruled out a company like Westgate for my first term, and then see what I can find while I do that. It seems it would sort out many of the initial problems you list while I get my eye in and gather more funds.

Be careful about coming over with Westgate. Timing is everything. Yes, it's nice that you'll be on a short contract but get a full visa. This will make you pretty attractive to employers as you can likely start immediately. But if your Westgate contract finishes at a bad time for jobs, you could find yourself unemployed for months and spending the same money as (or more than) a person who just came over to job hunt at the right time.
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Xanthos



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, I think this thread has been thoroughly satisified, thank you all so much for your help. I have a very clear idea about what to do and how to do it now, and how much it will cost(!) Very Happy

I haven't heard back from the Japanese Embassy in Beijing yet, whom I asked the same question re: processing a Japan Work Visa.

If I do hear anything, I will post their response on this thread.

I will also come back to post further if I encounter any problem when I do try to process the visa in Beijing. Wink
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Glenski



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Xanthos wrote:
I haven't heard back from the Japanese Embassy in Beijing yet, whom I asked the same question re: processing a Japan Work Visa.
That's probably because they are taking the Japanese New Year holiday until the 3rd or 4th.
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Xanthos



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I got an email reply from the Japanese Embassy in Beijing which read:

"Dear Sir or Madam:

You should get Certificate of Eligibility first, and then you can apply you Japanese visa."

So I get that's a "yes", then Very Happy .
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Bread



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Xanthos wrote:
I got an email reply from the Japanese Embassy in Beijing which read:

"Dear Sir or Madam:

You should get Certificate of Eligibility first, and then you can apply you Japanese visa."

So I get that's a "yes", then Very Happy .


This email brightened my day, thanks. I love foreign language communication.
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