Hi, Im thinking of moving to japan for a while. What sort of route will you need to follow to go live there and work there for a few years?
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You would have to get a job.This requires a four year degree and a job offer before you get there. If you're an American,you can stay up to 90 days on a visitor visa.This can be renewed once in a 12 month period.You have to leave the country to renew it. You could go to college there,but that would take a large amount of money.
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This is your lucky day, because it just so happens that I have been researching everything on this subject for sometime now. I am Canadian but Canadian and American visa rules are about the same. As an American you can stay in Japan on a Travel Visa for 3 months or 90 days. You wont be able to work as you are just on a travel visa. Unless you have a 4 year College or University degree and a skill a Japanese does not preform as well as you, you can't get any other sort of Visa. As a foreigner you can rent a Guest house or a Tokyo apartment for on average $1000 - $1100. These places are fully furnished with everything in a Standard Japanese apartment. www.sakura-house.com It costs more for food if you always eat out. You can buy groceries at the grocery store and it will only cost you about $500-$600/month to feed yourself. Plus your entertainment for a month which I don't know how much you want to spend a month. Lets say $800/month for entertainment. So every month you will spend approximately $2400 for your entertainment, shelter, and food. You will need to enter the country with at least that much money for each of the up to 3 months you can stay. So for example if you want to stay in Tokyo for 2 months you will need to enter the country with at least $4800 - $5000, and you need your departure ticket as well(which you can purchase with your ticket to Japan) but for the pair of tickets it will run you about $1000. So to recap it is $6000 minimum to go and stay 2 months in Tokyo, Japan. (All done in American dollars.)
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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.
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