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I knew that a bachelors degree is kinda required to obtain a work visa, as many jobs for foreigners requires this, but I recently learned that your fellow workers will regard you as lower; and even treat you badly.

Anyone have some truth to this?

I plan to get a Bachelors in Politcal Sience or Social Science. As these are degrees somewhat leaning towards business, and that JP schools, looking for English teachers, prefer teaching degree or business degree.

The other reason I pick this degree is so I can come back to the states and still find work relatively easy in the business industry.

I also plan to complete the TESL program 'cause I heard it really helps getting a job as English teacher in Japan and possible higher pay.
 
The chances that you would be working in a field where everyone else doesn't have at least a bachelor's degree are pretty low, so I don't think being looked down upon for your education achievements is a problem.
 
you mean they look down on you if you dont have a degree?
people probally will, but thats fairly standard for a professional environment in any country really.

i think its always good to have a degree before you 'go over', even if you are just planing to teach english. if you have a specialised skill set, there are many more oppertunities available. a degree in political or social science sounds excellent.
 
The degree thing is a visa requirement more than anything else.
VISA

"The applicant must have graduated from or completed a college or acquired equivalent education"
 
Yeah I won't necessarily need the degree for visa reasons, as I'm getting married when I move there.
 
You'll find not having it will severely limit your gaijin employment opportunities. Remember, for most gaijins working in Japan the bachelors degree was a minimum qualification of just getting the visa/job to begin with. So effectively, that makes it like a high school diploma or a GED in terms of what the absolute minimum educational accomplishment one would expect to find in the workplace is. Everything moves down a rank, in other words.

Depending on your job skills and Japanese ability, you may decide to try your hand at some job not traditionally done by foreigners and where English ability and a degree are not a factor at all. A few of us have gone that route.
 
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