Saturday, February 21, 2009

How can our American family live in Japan

How can our American family live in Japan?
My partner and I would like to live in Japan with our daughter for 3-6 months. He is skilled in carpentry and could run a crew. I have a college degree. We want to make a plan for living in Japan somewhere we could each get jobs, but not in a huge city. We want a plan for making enough money to comfortably take care of our family. What is your advice for getting jobs and on where to live? Thank you!
Immigration - 5 Answers
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1 :
Do you speak fluent Japanese? Even if you do, your husband will not get a visa to work in Japan. You might get one to teach English as a foreign language. Overall, I would say that you do not have much of a chance of success.
2 :
my cousin works in japan as an english teacher. he has a degree in psychology. if you dont have a degree then you will not be approved for a work permit. japan is very strict.
3 :
not recommending move to japan. stay where you're
4 :
Japanese is inconvenient, and there is not it and thinks it to be able to acquire the domiciliation permission economically if stable. But I think that it is not the time to emigrate now because there is not work. this wed sight is immigration of japan. check it if you wann move to japan anyway
5 :
If you are a graduate, you should look at applying for the Jet Program http://www.jetprogramme.org/ This is a massive scheme run by the Japanese government to place graduates from English speaking countries in schools as assistant language teachers working with the English teachers. You can choose to work in very rural areas. The more rural, the more welcoming the community is. You become an "english speaker in residence" and you end up doing all sorts of stuff in the community, not just working in the schools. I went as a young graduate, but there were quiet a few families that went out on the program, and the communities they were sent to really took them to their heart. You are looked after well by the Japanese government, the pay is okay, a family isn't going to save anything, but they won't be starving in the street either. Your husband will be able to get a work permit because he will be the spouse of a visa holder. Minimum commitment 12 months (there is no job that is going to take you for 3 months minimum, it would take you more than 3 months to find something once you were out there). All in all, a big adventure, with the safety net of it being an established program paid for entirely by the Japanese Government. Get your skates on, I think applications close in December.