The Japanese government will NOT grant a work visa to anyone who does not hold a 4-year Bachelor s or equivalent degree. This is a law made by the government to prevent lots of low cost, low skill labor from flooding the market. Without a work visa, your options for working in Japan legally are extremely limited. The only exceptions are for a few fields such as for chefs, entertainers, and musicians, for which 10+ years of experience is considered equivalent to a degree, because even famous and highly respected chefs or entertainers tend to not hold degrees. This exception is NOT available for academic, technical, or other fields of work for which degrees are commonly available. This requirement is separate and above any requirements that the particular employer or workplace may have in their hiring process. Even if the employer doesn t require a degree to work there, you can t get a work visa without it. You can still work in Japan (to a limited extent) without a degree if you have a spouse visa (married to a Japanese), student visa (must be enrolled in an accredited Japanese institution), or a few other visa types which probably don t apply to you. However, the number of hours per week you can work is limited, so full time employment is not an option on these visa types. Some schools and teaching programs will hire those with spouse or student visas for part time positions, even if they don t have a degree. But other schools require that you have a degree regardless of your visa type. Remember, you need to get the work visa BEFORE you enter Japan. The work visa is sponsored by the company offering you the job. You can t simply come to Japan looking for work and hoping someone will sponsor you. Even if you found a company willing to hire you and apply for your work visa from within Japan (very unlikely), you would still have to leave Japan and re-enter to activate your new work visa.
On a working holiday visa you don t need a degree. If you are eligible that is probably the way to go. If you would like to study, and work on the side, look into a Cultural Activities visa. No degree required there either, but you must study a certain number of hours per week and I ve read that working hours are limited to 20. You do not need to study at an accredited institution, any Japanese language school will be just fine. A bachelor s degree is required for a regular working visa. Regardless of visa, most schools won t hire you if you haven t got a bachelor s degree, but if you have experience then you might be able to swing it. Restaurants and bars in particular do hire people on working holiday visas, but if you don t speak any Japanese you will probably be out of luck. You aren t eligible for a work visa, but to clear up some confusion from above; you do not need a work visa when you enter Japan, but it takes about 1 month to apply for one and receive the stamp in your passport, and usually your tourist visa is good for only 3 months. The clock is ticking once you enter the country, so you only reasonably have 1.5-2 months to complete your job search. Arranging one beforehand is easier but not always possible, since most employers want to meet you before hiring you! And you do not need to exit and reenter Japan to activate your new visa. The process has been streamlined in the past couple of years. Note: when you come in the country, don t inform the authorities you plan on doing this. Officially they frown on the practice and would prefer for you to arrange everything beforehand. You can work illegally too. It is still being done.
I think most westerners fail to realize that asian countries have a high rate of people attending and graduating university, like double (this includes countries like India). Because america is technically a high power nation, when hiring our own in most cases we look for experience first then backup with education (unless the job you seek requires a certain degree). With that, I think that may have to deal with part of Japans governmental visa issue reasons for needing a BA minimum requirement. The job market is more competitive, and they go based off of hard work and intelligence; and the aspect of experience in certain situations. The overall work force and being a success is a competition, if you dont have the overall minmimun credentials as everyone else, its sort of like saying to your employer that i ve got something everyone else doesnt have (and you better). I find most westerners that work in Japan got the job arranged by their current employer, was recruited overseas, doing something that doesnt require high educational credentials (acting for example). You ve got an associates. Why not work towards a BA? It helps in the future for any endeavour!
Hi I am Japanese, no you dont need to have a bachelors degree for every job .. Lots of teaching positions in primary school level dont need degrees, IT , Hospitality industry etc. I suggest looking here for oppurtunities : http://www.japan-zone.com/new/find_job.s... They give advice for people who are new to Japan / interested in working in Japan Chat to the Japenese Consoulate about helping you out with more information about employment in JP they should also be helpful for giving you info about work permits , relocation , areas etc. (Tokyo is crowded but Kyoto still has an old school feel to it) Depends on what you are looking for I guess .. Cool..
i am sure there are jobs that dont require you have a bachelors degree but remember that the education level is very high over there, so many job s that would not require a BA will require on there. They would not want their children taught by someone that not holding a degree. if they are wanting their child to believe that they needed a degree. So you might want to consider another country. Daves ESL cafe is a god place for a lot of information about teaching over seas. Good luck.
It depends on your age and trade. If you re young you can come on a tourist visa; you will still be able to work a certain amount of hours/week on that. If you are a skilled worker, you would also qualify - there are about 20 different categories of visas in Japan - technical, trainee, humanities, entertainer etc., as long as you have a job set up you should be able to get the visa.
If you work without working visa, you ll be working illegaly and risk going to jail,which is very very unpleasant opportunity. One of the documents you are required to submit to apply for working visa is your college diploma. If you cannot submit this document, your application for working visa, even if you have sponsor,won t be accepted. If you work without visa...I suggest you visit debito.org to learn what is to be in Japanese jail.
Most of all foreigners who teach English is illegal in Japan because no necessary legal procedure they always omit. Working with legal visa in Japan is not so easy for stranger.
nah. that s not true. i know a friend who is working there as a musician. regarding b.a., that s just for teaching in schools.
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