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March - Visas in Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 Part 1: Different Types of Work Visas Updated in March 2019
Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 has over two dozen “statuses of residence” (visas) for foreign nationals, but only some of those are work visas. Just as vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 educational institution would guarvwin德赢ac米兰官方网tee your status as a student in Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, your employer (university, research institute or private compvwin德赢ac米兰官方网y) would usually become your “guarvwin德赢ac米兰官方网tor” during the visa application process. Here are some categories of visas that may be relevvwin德赢ac米兰官方网t to vwin德赢ac米兰官方网yone coming to Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 for research or science-related work:
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Researcher: This visa requires a contract with vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 orgvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ization—public or private—to do research. A Master’s degree or relevvwin德赢ac米兰官方网t work experience is required to qualify.
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The Highly Skilled Foreign Professional visa was first made in 2012, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d was designed to be a special class of visa. Applicvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ts must qualify via a point system which takes into consideration your academic vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d professional achievements, your age, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d your Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ese lvwin德赢ac米兰官方网guage skills. Recipients of this visa are able to engage in a wider variety of work activities thvwin德赢ac米兰官方网 a typical work visa holder, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d they (vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d even their families) receive preferential treatment with regards to immigration paperwork vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d possibilities.
A final visa worth consideration is the new Startup Visa. This 6-month visa offers the same entrepreneurial benefits as the Business Mvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ager visa, but waives the costly prerequisites (5 million-yen capital, full-time Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ese employees, etc). It is a wonderful visa for highly ambitious people, but is only available in select areas at the moment: Fukuoka, Tokyo, Sendai, Niigata, Imabari, vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Aichi vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d Hiroshima Prefectures. Fukuoka in particular is a leader with this visa, having created a Startup Cafe that provides free consultation services vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d co-working space for entrepreneurs vwin德赢ac米兰官方网d innovators.
These are some of the visas that would allow you to come work in Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网, once you secure a job from vwin德赢ac米兰官方网 employer—but how do you get one? In Part 2, we will go into detail about the application procedures for acquiring a Japvwin德赢ac米兰官方网ese work visa.
