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skarp
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 Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:16 am Post subject: Entering Japan - advice |
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Asking for some advice about entering Japan on a sightseeing visa with a view to finding work.
1 - should I pretend to be a tourist or admit to looking for a job?
2 - does everybody get the maximum length of visa - 6months for Brits?
Is health insurance/travel insurance mandatory? Some countries demand it I believe. It's obviously a good idea and I'll be trying to sort it out before departure.
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 4:18 am Post subject: |
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Do NOT tell customs that you are here job hunting, or you will be put on the next return flight!!!!
Visas are issued either for 1 year or for 3 years. It's entirely luck of the draw, and you cannot request what length you'd like. Neither can your employer.
I have known people who worked in Japan 5 years at various eikaiwas with absolutely no health insurance. It was their gamble. They figured they were saving money. |
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skarp
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Strange how we have to lie when so many people must be doing this...
But I did to come into Korea.
I guess customs officials have their rules to follow.
Thanx for the advice.
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Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| skarp wrote: |
Strange how we have to lie when so many people must be doing this...
But I did to come into Korea.
I guess customs officials have their rules to follow.
Thanx for the advice.
Skarp. |
You're not lying, you're just not telling them everything. You aren't teaching, just scouting for work. I'd classify that as a tourist activity. |
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shmooj
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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Location: Seoul, ROK
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Of course, you're coming in on a return ticket to Seoul with a valid E-2 visa for Korea to back up your story aren't you Skarp.
If not, you might be in for a rough ride. |
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skarp
Joined: 30 May 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:20 am Post subject: |
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Pretty hard to maintain the pretence I'll be coming back to Seoul....
WOuld have to have a return ticket booked within a few days if I had any intention of coming back.
Best to present Japan as a holiday on my way on to a thrid country following a stint in South Korea?
Anyway when I entered at Osaka for a visa run they were pretty cool about it all...
Surely they aren't going to care too much? |
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