visa income requirements

[myothercarisajumpsuit]

what's the required working visa income per month?

is this the same for an artist visa?

being not on tremor island at the moment, where can i find the up to date specifics clear cut in english on the web about the artist visa (guidelines and requiremnets)?

i'm trying to slidea artist visa,
so i can work alittle bit if i need to while i'm there.

saying "sessha wa gaijin de gozaru" doesn't seem to cut it anymore.

jumpy

[Taro Toporific]

what's the required working visa income per month?

JOBS IN JAPAN

"TERRIE'S JOB TIPS"
Tips and advice on finding jobs in Japan.
http://www.japan.com/jobs/jobtips/96.php
No 96. JPY200,000 is the Magic Number

Frankly, even if they really scrimped, it would be hard to imagine a couple surviving on much less than JPY4,000 per day for food and transport, which would total JPY120,000 a month.

In giving her this advice, I also expressed the opinion (yes, I told her to get professional advice as backup) that her daughter would be well served coming to Japan on a spouse visa and then attempt to switch to a work visa as soon as possible. As I understand it, you're normally not supposed to work when you're the spouse of a foreigner.

Hearing what a low salary the prospective groom was receiving started me wondering what Japan's minimum wage is. I've heard various stories about whether there really is a minimum wage in Japan. Theoretically there is one, but given that someone can be classed as a "part-time" worker for up to a year, it's anybody's guess as to whether minimum pay rules really get enforced.
The ILO web site (http://www2.mhlw.go.jp/english/outline/04-10.htm) says that the minimum wage varies between professions and prefectures, but for laboring work in Tokyo, it is JPY5,465 per day, which works out to about JPY121,000 per month.

---- Terrie Lloyd is the founder of DaiJob Inc. He also publishs JapanInc magazine and writes a weekly newsletter for entrepreneurs and business people, about business and political opportunities in Japan. You can find the newsletter at http://www.terrie.com.
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[yellowlightman]

being not on tremor island at the moment, where can i find the up to date specifics clear cut in english on the web about the artist visa (guidelines and requiremnets)?

Check out this site, http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html.

[Taro Toporific]

being not on tremor island at the moment, where can i find the up to date specifics clear cut in english on the web about the artist visa (guidelines and requiremnets)?

Check out this site, http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/index.html.

The geniuses at that J-government site say:

I am currently living in Japan and have some questions concerning the eligibility of my stay. Who should I ask?

Please contact the Immigration Information Center

The Immigration Information Center in turn says:

f you need assistance on immigration matters, visit or call the new "Immigration Information Center"
Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau Office (5-5-30, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Telephone : (03) 5796-7112

This means the Immigration Information Center is INCAPABLE of writing the rules because there ain't any.

[myothercarisajumpsuit]

i've talked to the japan embassy here and they are equally clueless.

along with other reqs, i wonder if i gave the immigration office in tokyo an official statement stating that i have a financial backing of 1,000,000 yen (only 6 months at 200,000 yen a month), if they would give me a greenlight on the 1 year artist visa.

any opinions?
or similar routes any of you have taken?

thanks
jumpy

[myothercarisajumpsuit]

oop.

i meant 5 months at 200,000 yen per month.

not 6

[Jushin-Thunder-Liger]

I gave some advice to a a guy i met, who was here on a shoping trip and wanted to live here, due to the availability of manga
Do you have a degree?
No?, well fuck off then
and fuck off he did, all the way to the Ghibli museum

[maraboutslim]

When I was self-employed and could have reported whatever income I wanted for tax purposes, I always made sure to claim I made at least 250,000yen a month so that I wouldn't have any trouble each time I renewed my visa. Yes, I could have claimed I made less and paid lower taxes but I figure if 25man/month is the lowest Japan allows employers to pay people for 'professional' working visas, then that must be the amount of money they figure one needs to not be a problem. It is of course possible to live on less money than that, but I wouldn't see the point: any gaijin can make that much in Japan easily.