Having a degree is the way that most people pass the visa guidelines. You don't absolutely need one, but if you don't have one, it will take years of experience.
If you want an engineering work visa, for example, you will need 10 years of related work experience (which could be a combination of any incomplete training or college study plus work experience).
ﾃｦ窶板･ﾃｦﾅ督ｬﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃ､ﾂｻﾂ､ﾃ･ﾂ､窶禿･窶ｺﾂｽﾃｨﾂｪﾅｾﾃｨﾂｨﾂｳﾃ｣ﾆ停?｡ﾃ｣ﾆ陳ｼﾃ｣窶堋ｿﾃ｣ﾆ停┐ﾃ｣ﾆ陳ｼﾃ｣窶堋ｹﾃ｣窶堋ｷﾃ｣窶堋ｹﾃ｣ﾆ停??ﾃ｣ﾆ陳? - [ﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃ､ﾂｻﾂ､ﾃｦﾅ督ｬﾃｦ窶凪?｡ﾃｨﾂ｡ﾂｨﾃｧﾂ､ﾂｺ] - ﾃ･窶｡ﾂｺﾃ･窶ｦﾂ･ﾃ･窶ｺﾂｽﾃｧﾂｮﾂ｡ﾃｧﾂ絶??ﾃ･ﾂ焦?ﾃ｣ﾂ?ｳﾃｩ窶ｺﾂ｣ﾃｦﾂｰ窶佚ｨﾂｪﾂ催･ﾂｮﾅ｡ﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃｧﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｸﾆ津ｦﾂ敖｡ﾃｧﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｸ竄ｬﾃｩﾂ?窶ｦﾃｧﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｺﾅ津･ﾂ渉ｷﾃ｣ﾂ?ｮﾃ･ﾅｸﾂｺﾃｦﾂｺ窶禿｣窶壺?凖･ﾂｮﾅ｡ﾃ｣窶堋?｣窶壺?ｹﾃｧﾅ督?､ﾂｻﾂ､
The applicant must fulfill all of the following requirements; provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where the applicant intends to engage in duties that require skills and/or knowledge pertaining to information processing and has passed the examination on information processing skills that is designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice or when he/she has obtained the qualification in information processing skills that is designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice, in which case the requirement under item (i) need not be fulfilled.
(i) The applicant must have graduated from university or acquired an education equivalent thereto while majoring in a subject related to the skills and/or knowledge necessary for performing the duties in which he/she intends to engage, or the applicant must have at least 10 years' experience (this includes the period of time spent majoring in a subject related to the relevant skills and/or knowledge at a university, college of technology (koto senmon gakko), senior high school, during a course of study in the latter part of secondary school (chuto kyoiku gakko), or during a specialized course of study at a vocational school (senshu gakko)).
All that does is make you eligible for a work visa. It does not guarantee that you will get it. Your nationality may influence immigration's decision, as could other factors.
You need to be hired first, by a company that is willing to sponsor your work visa.
Second, you need to get the visa.
Employers and immigration do not necessarily have the same requirements. Keep that in mind.
You could also get married to a Japanese and get a spousal visa, which doesn't require any work experience, of course. Then, finding a job would simply mean that you have to have what an employer wants. For non-language-teaching jobs, that usually means skills a Japanese does not possess plus a fair amount of Japanese language skills (reading/writing/speaking).
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Having a degree is the way that most people pass the visa guidelines. You don't absolutely need one, but if you don't have one, it will take years of experience.
If you want an engineering work visa, for example, you will need 10 years of related work experience (which could be a combination of any incomplete training or college study plus work experience).
ﾃｦ窶板･ﾃｦﾅ督ｬﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃ､ﾂｻﾂ､ﾃ･ﾂ､窶禿･窶ｺﾂｽﾃｨﾂｪﾅｾﾃｨﾂｨﾂｳﾃ｣ﾆ陳・ﾂ・ﾃ｣窶堋ｿﾃ｣ﾆ停┐ﾃ｣ﾂ・ﾃ｣窶堋ｹﾃ｣窶堋ｷﾃ｣窶堋ｹﾃ｣ﾆ陳・ﾆ陳? - [ﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃ､ﾂｻﾂ､ﾃｦﾅ督ｬﾃｦ窶督・ﾂ｡ﾂｨﾃｧﾂ､ﾂｺ] - ﾃ･窶｡ﾂｺﾃ･窶ｦﾂ･ﾃ･窶ｺﾂｽﾃｧﾂｮﾂ｡ﾃｧﾂ青・ﾂ焦?ﾃ｣ﾂ?ｳﾃｩ窶ｺﾂ｣ﾃｦﾂｰ窶佚ｨﾂｪﾂ催･ﾂｮﾅ｡ﾃｦﾂｳ窶｢ﾃｧﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｸﾂ・ﾂ敖｡ﾃｧﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｸﾃｩﾂ?ﾂ・ﾂｬﾂｬﾃ､ﾂｺﾅ津･ﾂ渉ｷﾃ｣ﾂ?ｮﾃ･ﾅｸﾂｺﾃｦﾂｺ窶禿｣窶壺?凖･ﾂｮﾅ｡ﾃ｣窶堋?｣窶壺?ｹﾃｧﾅ督?､ﾂｻﾂ､
The applicant must fulfill all of the following requirements; provided, however, that this shall not apply to cases where the applicant intends to engage in duties that require skills and/or knowledge pertaining to information processing and has passed the examination on information processing skills that is designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice or when he/she has obtained the qualification in information processing skills that is designated in a public notice by the Minister of Justice, in which case the requirement under item (i) need not be fulfilled.
(i) The applicant must have graduated from university or acquired an education equivalent thereto while majoring in a subject related to the skills and/or knowledge necessary for performing the duties in which he/she intends to engage, or the applicant must have at least 10 years' experience (this includes the period of time spent majoring in a subject related to the relevant skills and/or knowledge at a university, college of technology (koto senmon gakko), senior high school, during a course of study in the latter part of secondary school (chuto kyoiku gakko), or during a specialized course of study at a vocational school (senshu gakko)).
All that does is make you eligible for a work visa. It does not guarantee that you will get it. Your nationality may influence immigration's decision, as could other factors.
You need to be hired first, by a company that is willing to sponsor your work visa.
Second, you need to get the visa.
Employers and immigration do not necessarily have the same requirements. Keep that in mind.
You could also get married to a Japanese and get a spousal visa, which doesn't require any work experience, of course. Then, finding a job would simply mean that you have to have what an employer wants. For non-language-teaching jobs, that usually means skills a Japanese does not possess plus a fair amount of Japanese language skills (reading/writing/speaking).