“Many foreign students in Nagoya have recently been found to be reluctant to apply for newly created visas intended to bring more workers from abroad, fearing their applications might not be accepted because they have been working more part-time hours than permitted for those with student visas.”

About the status of residence “Specified Skilled Worker” you can stay in Japan up to 5 years with this working visa. First, you have to pass all the test required: JLPT N4 or higher, Nursing care skills evaluation test and Nursing care Japanese language evaluation test. Now we skip JLPT and tell you about the latter two.

If you are a student/ job-hunting/ dependent/ working holiday visa holder who wants to work full-time in Food and beverage manufacturing factory as a regular staff, you can consider about applying for SSW specified skill worker visa.

There are 29 types of statuses of residence in Japan. If you just have landed in Japan and intend to work here, it is necessary to understand who is permitted to work and who is not.

Every year we receive lots of calls from international students just several months before they graduate. They ask, “Is there any company which will hire me?”, and all we can do is to say sorry…

What is an Individual Number? Individual Number is social infrastructure to improve administrative efficiency, enhance public convenience, and realize a fairer and more just society. It is a system which improves administrative efficiency and enhances public convenience by notifying every resident who has the resident record of his/her own individual number.

What is “Designated Activities (Job hunting)” visa? It is a visa for international student who graduated from a university, etc. wishes to continue “job hunting” after the student visa expired.

Specified Skilled Worker visa (特定技能とくていぎのう) is a status of residence aimed at addressing the serious labor shortage in Japan by accepting experienced foreign human resources with specific expertise and skills.

According to the Immigration Bureau, mid-to long-term residents who have difficulty returning to their countries due to the impact of coronavirus infection, had been granted the status of residence of “Short-term stay (90 days)” or “Designated activity (3 months)” until now.

Due to the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID19), the performance of many companies, especially in the travel industry, lodging industry, and restaurant industry, has deteriorated. Along with the deterioration of business performance, some companies are beginning to go bankrupt or closed, which is also affecting the employment of foreign employees working there.