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wagyl wrote:Or a status of residence without restrictions on employment activities, such as a spouse visa, permanent residency or decendant of Japanese national.
GomiGirl wrote:You could self sponsor - but you will need to show contracts for up to a minimum monthly income.
Google Self Sponsorship Japan Visa or something similar as there are a few blogs of people who have done it before and what they did to get it.
Usually these people have a main client that pays most of their income and then have other smaller clients picking up the shortfall. I think it is a minimum of ¥250,000 of earnings you need to show. I guess this is the magic number for being able to sustain yourself without becoming a burden on the government.
wagyl wrote:I see you joined here almost 10 years ago. No need to answer here (and you sort of already have) and you know your situation better than anyone else, but even though I am sure you are aware of it I repeat it anyway: 10 years on a humanities visa and proven ability to earn a living (and coming from the first world) shows a high likelihood of being granted permanent residency, so long as you have kept your nose comparatively clean. Just like self sponsorship, Japan just wants to be satisfied that you will not become a burden on the state without them having an easy way to send you home. Otherwise, you just have to maintain full time work with the employer who is sponsoring you while keeping the side jobs running.
Kanchou wrote:I don't really want to get lawyers involved just yet...
GomiGirl wrote:Kanchou wrote:I don't really want to get lawyers involved just yet...
Well the value of the information you get on a free webboard is about as much as you paid for it - zero.
Get the right information from the right people and then you will save yourself a heap of time and stress.
It isn't expensive to get a professional to do it. It will be around ¥120,000 - ¥150,000 and you do not have to lift a finger.
If you just want advice on what option it will just be a few thousand yen.
Kanchou wrote:I've been offered a job that doesn't pay enough and is in a place I don't want to live, so I have to wonder if I got my visa renewed and don't take the job if it's still valid since I'd be doing translation work anyway. I would feel terrible for doing something like that, but what are you going to do.
Yes, I know I should just ask a lawyer, but I figured someone here has to have had the same experience.
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