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Pulling out the hacker part: 40 points for > 10 million yen salary ($91,000) 10 for a bachelors 20 for a masters 30 for a phd 20 for 10 years exper
by joshe 8y ago
Pulling out the hacker part:
40 points for > 10 million yen salary ($91,000)
10 for a bachelors
20 for a masters
30 for a phd
20 for 10 years experience
15 for 7 years experience
10 for 5 years experience
5 for 3 years experience
age
15 for <29
10 for 30-34
5 for 35-39
15 for a patent
15 for 3 academic papers
15 for 3 academic grant
And bonuses for language proficiency, working for small-medium companies that spend on R and D (startups?) and holding a foreign qualification.
With the right salary ($91K/year):
24 year old, with bachelors, and 3 years work experience? you are in.
40 year old, with bachelors, and 10 years work experience? you are in.
Remarkably open. Far more so than the US.
- sytelus 8y agoWow! That throws much of the western world out of the water. I'm wondering if there is any requirement for continued residency. For example, in US if you don't live 6 months out of a year in US then you risk your green card getting cancelled.
- weiming 8y agoCan be away for up to a year at a time, or up to five years if you apply for a re-entry permit. Unlike the US, there is no requirement to maintain continuous residency. However, just like US, having permanent residency subjects you to worldwide taxation which may not be ideal for everyone.
- xevb3k 8y agoAnd it appears that permanent residency for tax purposes and the VISA, are unrelated. So if you’re in Japan for more than 5 years you maybe taxed on your world wide income? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/10/30/how-tos/long-term-foreign-japan-residents-must-declare-overseas-assets-taxed/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2016/10/30/how-tos/lo... If anyone has more information, I’d be interesting it reading it as it’s pretty unclear to me.
- weiming 8y ago> So if you’re in Japan for more than 5 years you maybe taxed on your world wide income? Correct [1], even if you're on a regular work visa. "Permanent resident for tax purposes" != "Permanent resident as in visa" Interestingly, as of 2017, you're taxed on worldwide investment income like selling stock (with some exceptions [2]) even if you're there for < 5 years. [1] http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/uk/taxsummaries/wwts.nsf/ID/Japan-Individual-Residence http://taxsummaries.pwc.com/uk/taxsummaries/wwts.nsf/ID/Japa... [2] https://www.pwc.com/jp/en/taxnews-international-assignment/assets/gms-20170511-en.pdf https://www.pwc.com/jp/en/taxnews-international-assignment/a...
- toomanybeersies 8y agoMost developed countries run a similar points system for immigration. The USA is unique in the fact that they don't. Trump has made noises that he wants to change the system to a points system.
- closeparen 8y agoLooking at Glassdoor, 10 million yen is an exceptional salary, the normal spread is more like 5-7.