Hmmm, when I investigated the HSFP in 2016, Immigration told me I had to get a job at a Japanese company, and THEN apply for said visa. You can't apply for the

Hmmm, when I investigated the HSFP in 2016, Immigration told me I had to get a job at a Japanese company, and THEN apply for said visa. You can't apply for the High Skill Visa, even if you have more than enough points to qualify (which I did), while you are job-hunting on a tourist visa, for example. >>>What changed in 2017 was that if you could demonstrate that you had the points historically you could apply for a PR without ever having the HSFP visa. That's the process I used. Yeah that's a big change.