Sunday, March 21, 2010

How hard is it to get a Visa to live in Japan for a few years

How hard is it to get a Visa to live in Japan for a few years?
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?
Japan - 4 Answers
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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.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

How much would it be for one person to live in Japan for 4 mounths

How much would it be for one person to live in Japan for 4 mounths?
I plan to move to Japan once I tern 18 for 4 months then see what happens. But if I only am staying 4 months I don't know how much to save up.I need the plane ticket from Utah and rent for a place right outside of Tokyo. Also I would need money for train and of course souvenirs. Can anyone help me.
Japan - 2 Answers
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You can't stay in Japan for more than 90 days without working or other proper visas. So I will tell you on assumption that you will stay in Japan for 3 months. I think you will need $1000 or so if you stay at a youth hostel. (You need at least $2000 if you want to stay at a hotel). And you need $1500 or so for food and others. So you need $2500 for 1 month and $7500 for 3 months in total.
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You can only stay 90 days as a visitor. And you just can't move there and say "here I am".In most situations you need a four year degree to work there. You'd be looking at least $8,000+.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

How will the BAH be based if my daughter chooses not to live in Japan where her husband is stationed

How will the BAH be based if my daughter chooses not to live in Japan where her husband is stationed?
my daughter married in December her husband is stationed in Japan aboard the GW she does not want to live in Japan would her BAH be based on Japan or where she lives
Military - 5 Answers
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Unless he is going to extend for a 3 years on board and is at least an E4 he cannot change his orders anyway from unaccompanied to accompanied. She must undergo an overseas screening both medical & dental and it has to be granted. Now if he had accompanied orders and she chose not to go he would still have to be there 3 years and might not qualify for BAH or Family Separation at all. There is no BAH in Japan it is called OHA and is only based on the rent that is paid in a rental contract that is approved. If he is in barracks or on the ship then he doesn't get it. He can get BAH based on her zip code which he will have to send her on allotment if that is what he wants to do. He would also qualify for Family Separation of $250 per month after he has been gone longer than 30 days. Now if she can go then she is missing an incredible opportunity. The bases, the culture, a chance of a lifetime.
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My husband was stationed in Germany when we got married. I was not allowed to move to germany with him, as he had less than a year there and did not want to extend his contract to stay in Germany longer. The BAH we got was based on MY zipcode. He also got separation pay. Good luck to your daughter and your son in law!! Some of these other answerers drive me nuts. Some people have other reasons for not wanting to move out of the country. I was in college when I got married. There was no way I was going to drop out of school to go live in Germany for a year. And my husband never would have suggested that I quit school just to live with him. When he PCSed back to the states, we both moved to his next duty station and are now living together. The military is not a typical life.
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she seriously would rather stay in the us? Slap her in the face and tell her to take advantage of that amazing opportunity.
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NWIP has it right! BAH will be based on her location (zip). Although, Japan is like no duty station in the states! As far as choosing not to come, she may not have an option if she wanted to dependent on where he is at timewise on his current orders. Best of luck to her! and them! https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Yokosuka/index.htm
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depends on how his orders read. if they read accompanied, he will NOT get BAH for her location. period. he will get OHA to pay for a place in town only.. assuming they even allow him to get that instead of making him live on board or in the new Afloat Barracks. if he is below E4 she wouldn't be able to live with him anyway and he will get BAH based on her location.