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Kanchou wrote:If a company wants you to pay an "administrative cost" for Visa sponsorship (of nearly 20,000 yen), is this illegal or consider a scam?
They reimburse you at the end of your contract, but how much does it actually cost a company to sponsor your visa?
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Kanchou wrote:Another company wants to know what my mother and father's heritages are.
WTF? I'm pretty sure that's illegal (at least it is in the US, and TECHNICALLY in Japan).
Kanchou wrote:They also ask about my age (IIRC it's OK to ask DOB but NOT age), ).
Kanchou wrote:marital status (every company seems to ask this), nationality (this is only relavant when applying for a visa)...).
Kanchou wrote:Someone really needs to slap Japanese HR managers.
omae mona wrote:The government processing fee for most work-related visas is 6,000 yen. If they are outsourcing the visa handling to a specialist agent, I wouldn't be surprised if the agent is charging 10,000+ yen beyond that to take care of things. As Iraira points out, though, the paperwork should be pretty simple. However, it could potentially become time-consuming if there is any problem (including visits in person to the immigration office to plead with them if they reject the application, etc.)
Greji wrote:I have to agree somewhat with omae mona on the visa. A lot of companies do use outsiders and 20,000 is not an unreasonable fee to a lot of these agencies. But as OM says, it is a bit strange that they would be passing this on to you.
As far as the personal information, a large amount of companies do have to collect this type of information if you are going to be a full time employee, for reasons such as filling out your insurance and tax paperwork to how much family allotment you qualify for.
Assuming you're not Japanese or half, I've got no idea why they want to know your heritage, unless they have a thoroughbred stud farm operation and are planning on breeding you!
Kanchou wrote:A subcontracted ALT position (since the JET program's screening process is a total crapshoot). $500 less a month, and no plane ticket, but I'm not going to wait another two years to get in Japan with JET.
Both my parents are white (Irish and Hungarian/German, respectively), but they don't need to know that. They're going to see the pictures they required anyway...
Are American employers allowed to require employees to send pictures?
I know that Japanese interviews have to, but unlike a foreigner, they're not going to hold your looks against them (for the most part).
Kanchou wrote:No self-respecting HR guy in the US would even CONSIDER asking this for fear of a lawsuit.
Kanchou wrote:OTOH, I'm probably not going to go with this company if I can't negotiate a better salary, anyway...
Kanchou wrote:A subcontracted ALT position (since the JET program's screening process is a total crapshoot). $500 less a month, and no plane ticket, but I'm not going to wait another two years to get in Japan with JET.
Both my parents are white (Irish and Hungarian/German, respectively), but they don't need to know that. They're going to see the pictures they required anyway...
Are American employers allowed to require employees to send pictures?
I know that Japanese interviews have to, but unlike a foreigner, they're not going to hold your looks against them (for the most part).
Kanchou wrote:A subcontracted ALT position (since the JET program's screening process is a total crapshoot). $500 less a month, and no plane ticket, but I'm not going to wait another two years to get in Japan with JET.
Both my parents are white (Irish and Hungarian/German, respectively), but they don't need to know that. They're going to see the pictures they required anyway...
Are American employers allowed to require employees to send pictures?
I know that Japanese interviews have to, but unlike a foreigner, they're not going to hold your looks against them (for the most part).
Kanchou wrote:When I say complaining, I mean whether I should do things like ignore questions about my heritage, ask them to wave fees, or ask for higher starting salary. I don't mean complaining to them directly about something before I'm even hired.
Kanchou wrote:But there's no use getting hired by a company that is going to treat you poorly.
Kanchou wrote:I just want to know what I can get away with (in terms of complaining) before they decide to toss my application. (The Interac guys in Tokyo tossed me, although I seemed to have passed the interview (despite a few hiccups... which will remind me to rehearse whenever I"m going to be on camera).
Kanchou wrote:I also want to avoid companies that have practices that are considered unreasonable, or illegal (Interac got busted for giving their employees orders despite the fact that legally, only the BOE was allowed to control them). Or ones with unreasonably low pay for the hours.
Kanchou wrote:Are there any laws for paying teachers a percentage of their summer/winter vacation pay? They seem to pay you 60% or less for August, and sometimes for December.
Ptyx wrote:TIJ. For the record i just applied for a company they asked me the following :
Vision Deficiency (left and right eye)
Vision Deficiency once corrected (left and right eye) and the type of correction (Glasses, contact lenses...)
Color Blind (yes or no) this kinda make sense, it's for a video type of job so...
Kanchou wrote:Note to self... don't bitch about the low pay or the 'admin' fees.
And don't skirt around the vaguely offensive questions before your foot is in the door.
FG Lurker wrote:Well, you're learning...
ttjereth wrote:Yeah. You save the bitching for AFTER you've been there a bit.
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