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Margy · Fri 03-Feb-06, 06:05 PM

A fellow teacher here in Japan got their work visa by showing the visa office his Advanced Diploma issued from Australia. In Australia a Diploma is generally 1 or 2 years study, so an Advanced diploma would only be a few more months of study I assume.

Anyway, this guy got his visa based on his Advanced Diploma. I suppose the only real way to know is to travel to Japan and try to get a company hire you and subsequently sponsor you.

Officially, a minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required. However, if you get a nice visa officer, and the school shows the visa office they REALLY want you, then it's definitely possible to get a work visa.

Have also seen teachers who aren't native English speakers get their work visa in Japan to teach. But what they did was applied to the visa office as a translator to work at the school. The school doesn't though use them as translators, but as teachers.

What I'm trying to illustrate is that there are ways to get a work visa in Japan without holding a Bachelor's degree.

Fri 03-Feb-06, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Margy Senior Guru Join Date: Jun 2005 Nationality: Australian Occupation: English Teacher Location: Posts: 106	Associate degree A fellow teacher here in Japan got their work visa by showing the visa office his Advanced Diploma issued from Australia. In Australia a Diploma is generally 1 or 2 years study, so an Advanced diploma would only be a few more months of study I assume. Anyway, this guy got his visa based on his Advanced Diploma. I suppose the only real way to know is to travel to Japan and try to get a company hire you and subsequently sponsor you. Officially, a minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required. However, if you get a nice visa officer, and the school shows the visa office they REALLY want you, then it's definitely possible to get a work visa. Have also seen teachers who aren't native English speakers get their work visa in Japan to teach. But what they did was applied to the visa office as a translator to work at the school. The school doesn't though use them as translators, but as teachers. What I'm trying to illustrate is that there are ways to get a work visa in Japan without holding a Bachelor's degree.