My girlfriend might be studying abroad in Japan, how hard would it be to get a Visa so I could go with her? I have plenty of cash in the bank ($50k+), would I still need a source of income? If I was okay with spending a significant amount of money (5-10k), would it be easy to get one?
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You will need a student or work visa to stay more than 90 days. Depending on where she will be staying, you may or may not be allowed to stay in the same room with her. You would also need a source of income while you were there. EDIT: without a student or work visa, you can't stay more than 90 days, no matter how much money you have.
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You usually need working or student visa to live in Japan. For working visa, you have to get a job offer from a Japanese company. But you can't look for a job in Japan without a visa. So you need it before you enter Japan. For student visa, you have to be admitted to a Japanese college. You need to pay tuition and living cost for 4 years. It could be about $80,000. Addition: >I have plenty of cash in the bank ($50k+), would I still need a source of income? If I was okay with spending a significant amount of money (5-10k), would it be easy to get one? If you have some money, you may get visa by going to a Japanese language school. You need to go to a school or work in any case.
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Unless you have a legitimate reason to go with her, impossible. The Japanese government pretty much does not give visas to people for no reason. Half the time they won't even give visas to people WITH a reason. You have to get into a language school or a university. If you two get married you can move with her as a dependant, but that's the extent of that. Your other option, if you have a four year degree already, is to apply for the JET program or another type of English teaching program where you would have to teach English in Japan, and you usually don't get to choose where you will live during this time, so it's possible that you would be quite far from your girlfriend.
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I am not sure how things stand today, but in my time, you could go on a tourist visa, then, when it ran out, pop over to Korea, then come back and get another 90 days.
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