Once you have chosen the type of visa that best suits your case, you will need to apply for a Certificate of Eligibility if you don't live in Japan under a long term visa yet.
The application can be submitted by a family member staying in Japan for the family related visa , by a personnel of the hosting organizations for other types of visa , by the applicant himself visiting Japan with a temporary visa, or by certified Japanese Immigration Lawyers like us. The fact that you have applied for the COE doesn't give you the right to stay in Japan after the expiration of the temporary visitor visa, so if it will expire before the COE is issued, it is necessary to leave Japan.
The processing time of the application will vary greatly depending on various factors such as the type of visa, location of the Immigration Office with jurisdiction of a certain case, the size of the sponsoring organization in Japan and the capacity of the Immigration Office. To give a rough indication of recent processing time, a standard work visa COE case submitted in Tokyo recently takes about 2 to 5 months from application date for a smooth standard case, and the processing time is usually shorter for cases where the sponsoring entity in Japan is a large or listed corporation around 2 to 4 weeks and cases utilizing the Highly Skilled Professional Visa Option around 4 to 6 weeks.
Foreigners who wish to work in Japan need to get a work visa from a Japanese embassy or consulate outside of Japan in order to enter the country on a status of residence permitting work. There are over a dozen such statuses of residence, each allowing the holder to work only in a specific professional field, for example, journalism, arts, research, education, engineering, entertainment, business management, international services, etc.
If you change jobs while you are in Japan and your new job falls into a different professional field e. A university degree or considerable professional experience in the applicable field is required to qualify for most work visa types.
Most also require you to have a prospective employer as a sponsor. Residence permission is granted in periods of between 4 months and 5 years and is extendable. Workers may bring their spouses and children to Japan on a dependent visa. Dependents are not allowed to engage in any paid activities, unless they get permission from the immigration office, but even then, they may work only a set maximum number of hours per week. The so-called "Specified Skills" status allows for work in one of over a dozen professional fields, including construction, hospitality, nursing and manufacturing.
Applicants do not need a degree but have to pass a technical skills test and know some Japanese. There are two types: Type 1 allows workers to stay in Japan for up to five years, but they may not bring their family. Type 2 is for more highly qualified workers, can be extended indefinitely and allows for the family to live in Japan. Type 1 holders may upgrade to type 2 after five years. Furthermore, there is the "Technical Intern Training Program" that lets foreign workers acquire skills at a workplace in Japan that they could not otherwise acquire in their home countries.
After a few years, participants become eligible to switch to the above-mentioned "Specified Skill" type 1 status. Most trainees come from South East Asia and China. This is a special visa type that allows some paid activity for citizens of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Korea, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and a few other countries between the ages of 18 and Consult the working holiday visa page for more details.
Foreigners who wish to study in Japan except for short term studies at language schools need to get a student visa at a Japanese embassy or consulate outside of Japan in order to enter the country on a status of residence that permits long term studies.
Sponsorship from an educational institution in Japan and proof of sufficient funds to cover all your expenses during your stay are required to qualify for a student visa.
Residence permission is granted in periods of between 3 months and 4 years and 3 months and is extendable. Students are not allowed to engage in any paid activities, unless they get permission from the immigration office.
Even then, students may work only a set maximum number of hours per week. Foreigners who are married to a Japanese national or to a permanent resident of Japan see below can obtain a spouse visa, which allows them to engage in any paid activity in Japan. Specified skilled worker Work-ready foreign nationals who possess certain expertise and skills in certain industrial fields.
Technical intern training Examples: Technical intern. General visa Cultural activities Examples: unpaid internships, people studying the tea ceremony or Japanese flower arranging, etc.
Student Examples: college students, pre-college students, etc. Training Examples: trainees in a local government, etc. Dependent Family stays Examples: The spouse and children of a foreign national with working visa, etc. Specified visa Spouse or child of Japanese national Examples: spouse of a Japanese national, biological child of a Japanese national Spouse of permanent resident Examples: spouse of a permanent resident Long-term resident Examples: persons with Japanese ancestry, Indochinese refugee settlers, the spouse or children of Japanese nationals left behind in China, etc.
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