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 Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:46 am
immigrating to japan on said visa is not easy. but the more help you have the easier it becomes. most people dont actually use this visa to immigrate completely, no most people do the following:
~upgrade to working visa (though this is dangerous, especially since your guarantor can give you the boot)
~get married to japanese national (easiest way, you can live in japan partically as long as you like)
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:47 am
Japanese Embassy
CANADA
Embassy of Japan,
255 Sussex Drive, Ottawa,
Ontario K1N 9E6, Canada. Tel sad 1-613)241-8541
Fax sad 1-613)241-2232
Calgary
Consulate-General of Japan
#2300 Trans Canada Tower,
450-1st Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2P 5H1, Canada Tel sad 1-403)294-0782
Fax sad 1-403)294-1645
(* Consulate-General of Japan in Edmonton was moved to Calgary on January 1, 2005.)
Montreal
Consulate-General of Japan,
600, rue de la Gauchetière ouest, Suite 2120,
Montréal, Québec, H3B 4L8, Canada. Tel sad 1-514)866-3429
Fax sad 1-514)395-6000
Toronto
Consulate-General of Japan,
Suite 3300, Royal Trust Tower, 77 King St. W.,
Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1A1, Canada.
(P.O. Box 10 Toronto-Dominion Centre) Tel sad 1-416)363-7038
Fax sad 1-416)367-9392
Vancouver
Consulate-General of Japan,
900-1177 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver, B.C., V6E 2K9, Canada. Tel sad 1-604)684-5868
Fax
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:52 am
JAPAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CANADA GENERALLY ALLOWS CANADIANS TO STAY LONGER THAN AMERICANS (ON VISIST CANADIANS CAN STAY: 3 MONTHS AMERICANS: 90 DAYS OR LESS [PRETTY MUCH THE SAME])
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:55 am
Quote: Working with a student visa Students must first prove that they can support themselves with out having to work in order to get the student visa. This includes getting a guarantor in Japan. Then to be eligible to work you have to go to the local immigration office and get special permission which takes the form of a new stamp! You can now work a certain amount of hours per month. This process can take a few months but if you indicate that you need to work immediately the process can be speeded up. Does it take 3 months or not? In Tokyo it was issued almost immediately to this writer. An immigration office in a different city advised that it would take a few months! Check your local immigration office for further details.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:58 am
Quote: Getting a sponsor Immigration must know that the applicant will receive over a certain income amount each year. A company that promises this amount of money to the applicant is often referred to as the sponsor. If things don't work out with the company and you need to move on, a letter of release is required from your former company in order to renew your visa with the new sponsor. Your former employer is required by labor law to provide you with this. If you quit your job, your visa won't be taken away from you but you will need to find a new employer to take over the "sponsor" title when you renew or extend your visa. Self sponsorship Self-sponsorship is very possible: especially if you are already living in Japan and have steady work. You have to show that you are guaranteed the minimun income required to support yourself in Japan. For example, contracts from 3 companies promising you payment may be required. Free consulations are available at immigration offices in Japan and will they help you prepare the necessary documentation. Self-sponsorship may require some leg work and extra paper work but might be the best solutions for you! FOR STUDENTS, IF YOU ARE GETTING MONEY FROM YOUR PARENTS THAT IS FINE. BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO GET A JOB SOON!
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:01 pm
Quote: Kinds of visas in japan
There are seven categories of visas. Each visa has its own requirements that depends on Japan's relationship with your country and the kind of visa. A visa does not guarantee permission into the country. Permission is stamped into your passport on arrival. So be nice to the immigration officials! Check the governments' visa descriptions for more information. tHE BEST RELATIONSHIP IN NORTH AMERICA IS WITH CANADA (YOU WONER WHY whee )
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:04 pm
Quote: College Student
Activities to receive education at colleges or equivalent educational institutions, specialized courses of study at advanced vocational schools("Senshugakko"), educational institutions designated for preparing persons who have completed 12 years of education at schools in foreign countries to enter college,or "Koto senmongakko".
2 years or 1 year
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:19 pm
Aiko_589 Quote: Working with a student visa Students must first prove that they can support themselves with out having to work in order to get the student visa. This includes getting a guarantor in Japan. Then to be eligible to work you have to go to the local immigration office and get special permission which takes the form of a new stamp! You can now work a certain amount of hours per month. This process can take a few months but if you indicate that you need to work immediately the process can be speeded up. Does it take 3 months or not? In Tokyo it was issued almost immediately to this writer. An immigration office in a different city advised that it would take a few months! Check your local immigration office for further details. this is your only glimmer of hope.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:36 pm
Aiko_589 Quote: Kinds of visas in japan
There are seven categories of visas. Each visa has its own requirements that depends on Japan's relationship with your country and the kind of visa. A visa does not guarantee permission into the country. Permission is stamped into your passport on arrival. So be nice to the immigration officials! Check the governments' visa descriptions for more information. THE BEST RELATIONSHIP IN NORTH AMERICA IS WITH CANADA (YOU WONER WHY whee ) lol razz That's funny. But we're not good with Afghanistan anymore sad Anyways, this is good information for us that want to move to Japan. Personally though, I'm glad about that fact though. I was told I can learn Japanese and se about volunteering at the Japanese Embassy. Anyways I forget what I was saying sweatdrop byes!
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:44 pm
Aiko_589 Aiko_589 Quote: Working with a student visa Students must first prove that they can support themselves with out having to work in order to get the student visa. This includes getting a guarantor in Japan. Then to be eligible to work you have to go to the local immigration office and get special permission which takes the form of a new stamp! You can now work a certain amount of hours per month. This process can take a few months but if you indicate that you need to work immediately the process can be speeded up. Does it take 3 months or not? In Tokyo it was issued almost immediately to this writer. An immigration office in a different city advised that it would take a few months! Check your local immigration office for further details. this is your only glimmer of hope.
YOU EITHER COME ON WORKING VISA (PROBABLY ENGLISH TEACHER) OR GET MARRIED. THE LATTER, THE EASIEST AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR HOMOSEXUALS.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:25 pm
Aiko_589 Aiko_589 Aiko_589 Quote: Working with a student visa Students must first prove that they can support themselves with out having to work in order to get the student visa. This includes getting a guarantor in Japan. Then to be eligible to work you have to go to the local immigration office and get special permission which takes the form of a new stamp! You can now work a certain amount of hours per month. This process can take a few months but if you indicate that you need to work immediately the process can be speeded up. Does it take 3 months or not? In Tokyo it was issued almost immediately to this writer. An immigration office in a different city advised that it would take a few months! Check your local immigration office for further details. this is your only glimmer of hope.
YOU EITHER COME ON WORKING VISA (PROBABLY ENGLISH TEACHER) OR GET MARRIED. THE LATTER, THE EASIEST AND IMPOSSIBLE FOR HOMOSEXUALS.... I'll still try. I can still do the exchange programs in High school. Especially since the rules state no relationships or sexual activity. Though I don't know if the office here would say no to me. Not if I know Japanese fluently as well as be top in my school and a very good worker with lots of money. They wouldn't care because many gay people go to Japan. I can try though.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:49 pm
Aiko_589 immigrating to japan on said visa is not easy. but the more help you have the easier it becomes. most people dont actually use this visa to immigrate completely, no most people do the following: ~upgrade to working visa (though this is dangerous, especially since your guarantor can give you the boot) ~get married to japanese national (easiest way, you can live in japan partically as long as you like) U~ET! (WAIT) YOU CANNOT UPGRADE YOUR VISA BUT YOU CAN DO THIS: Quote: You go there as a student, serve your term, go back home, secure a job in the country from overseas, get a work visa sponsorship, get a work visa, move back to Japan and work hard to secure a place for the X years it takes for you to manage residency. That's how everyone I know has done it. The reason Japanese immigration law is so strict is because traditionally, there is a strong belief in the country that the majority of crime is done by immigrants. (And the figures are actually quite strongly in support of this assertion.) So if an immigrant is going to live in the country, they want to make sure they know exactly where and what that person is doing at all times. They don't want the system like America where once you're in the country, you basically disappear and no one cares. They want to know what the person will be doing for X years in the future from the moment they enter the country, and they want to also know when that person should be gone. They don't want to have to deal with the person's status changing while they're still there, unless the person goes through the hurdles to get residency. The only really "wierd" law about immigration in Japan is natural born citizenship. I believe if your mother was a full Japanese citizen and your father was not, you are given citizenship upon birth. However if your father was full Japanese and your mother was not, you are simply a resident. It doesn't matter how many generations you've been in the country, as fourth and fifth generation Koreans who still do not have citizenship can attest to. Regardless, upon reaching 20 years old you must get rid of your dual citizenship/residency and choose either Japan or the other country, which is why when I go to Japan now I have to go on a tourist visa. Which is kind of disheartening, but I sure as hell was not giving up US citizenship. Despite our government's recent idiocy it's still the most valuable citizenship in the world and you will never get it back if you give it up.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:03 pm
remember that while you are still a resident you cannot leave or re enter japan without recieving a exit and re entry visa.
AND NOTE TO ALL FEMALES HERE:
IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WITH A JAPANESE MAN YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE PERMANTLY RESIDENTS, AND CAN NEVER ATTAIN CITIZENSHIP.
UNDER JAPANESE LAW, TO BE JAPANESE NATURAL, IF YOU ARE BORN IN JAPAN, YOUR MOTHER MUST BE JAPANESE.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:56 pm
Gaijin cards an the reason why japan is so strict GAIJIN CARDS: While you are still a resident (but not a natural) you must always carry your gaijin card (you will recive one). it is a criminal offense not to. remember this ONLY POLICE, OFFICIALS AND JOB EMPLOYERS CAN SEE IT, NO ONE ELSE CAN TAKE IT ANY FORM OR ASK FOR IT. This is to keep track of these: ~that you are a resident and not a natural ~how long you have been in japan ~some other stuff i dont know xp you do not need this anymore after you become a natural (attain citizenship) It is also a good idea to carry around your passport while you are a resident. if you are asked to show your ID TRY NOT SHOW YOUR GIAJIN CARD UNLESS YOU HAVE TO. remember that in japan, YOU CAN ASK THE POLICE FOR THEIR ID. STRICTNESS: one thing, is that japan is very harsh on criminals, almost 100% of the accused are tossed in jail, where you can be beaten, and generally, if you end up there, you are doomed. If you live. But also, you know how immigrants come to the USA and then POOF! disappear? that is impossible in japan.; Before it was possible to work on a student visa, but this led to people quitting college, working as traffickers, and so on. Also, you cannot recive any government servies unless you are included in a koseki, and have a juuminhyou (when natural you get your own, when resident you are included in the setainushi's bikouran, or side notes of the head of the family) if you do what immigrants do in north america, you dont recieve any. There are probably a few people in your country that maerica has no idea exist. Japan probably will know each hair on your body personally xd ALSO, NEVER I REPEAT DO NOT EVER, OVER STAY YOUR VISA, LEAVE A WEEK EARLY IF YOU HAVE TO BUT NEVER OVER STAY IT! YOU WILL BE DEPORTED, AND WILL BE BANISHED FROM JAPANESE BORDERS FOR 10 YEARS, AND HAVE LOST ALL CHANCE OF EVER COMING BACK, EVEN IF YOUR A SINGLE MOTHER.
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