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I see this stated often, but it doesn't seem right to me. Almost any professional with a job offer from a Japanese company can get a work visa. Incoming softwar
by smcf 4y ago
I see this stated often, but it doesn't seem right to me. Almost any professional with a job offer from a Japanese company can get a work visa. Incoming software developers (and other in-demand workers) can probably rack up enough points to qualify as an HSFP/高度人材 and get permanent residence after 5 years. With enough points you can get it in one.
Meanwhile in the US, H1B issuance is not only more onerous but only accepts some 30-40% of applicants last I checked. And this is the "specialty occupation" visa for skilled workers! Japan really seems like the easier country to immigrate to from what I've seen.
- legutierr 4y agoThe US accepts a lower percentage of H1b applicants because the number of H1b visas is capped. Other entry routes are less restrictive—most notably via family reunification. If immigration to Japan were to increase substantially enough, most likely things would change and it would not be so easy even for professionals to get work visas. And keep in mind that the bulk of US immigration is not of professionals, but of unskilled workers and their families. The fact that the US is able to use immigration to fill population gaps at every economic level is the main reason that it is not facing the same demographic problems that the rest of the developed world is facing.
- plankers 4y agois it expected of skilled immigrants to be able to speak Japanese? getting people to learn the global lingua franca is a much easier sell. reading and writing Japanese at a fluent level takes quite a while and oodles of memorization.