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I've moved myself to Germany and enjoy it here but I also love the idea of Japan, perhaps sometime in the future. I've heard it's insanely difficult to get a r

• tasogare 5y ago
  It's not hard to get a visa if you get a job or for study. The thing is, it's hard to get those while being outside the country.
  • presentation 5y ago
    Study is pretty easy (assuming the borders open) - anyone can do that tomorrow by joining a Japanese language school. Of course, you have to… actually study and do classes, so it’s not a free pass. Work visas do depend on finding an employer - I do know of several people who worked for multinational corporations and asked to be transferred to the Japan office. There’s also the option to self sponsor a work visa by running a business in Japan, though it does have capital requirements and is a little tricky.
    • johnwalkr 5y ago
      A few cities have startup visas now, which give you a year or two to meet the capital requirements.
• raziel414 5y ago
  I transferred to Tokyo though my employer, so they handled the visa.
• ramchip 5y ago
  The work visa is very easy to get if you have an engineering degree, as long as a company will hire/sponsor you.
• johnwalkr 5y ago
  For skilled people it’s one of the easiest places to get a visa. Unlike US, Canada and Europe which are the other places I’m familiar with, there’s no requirement for companies to try to hire locally first. There’s also a points system to fast track getting a visa. This can also get you a permanent visa in one year. During Covid all of this is virtually stopped, but starting to open back up starting tomorrow, Nov 8.