IndieDevM
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- 16 Dec 2015
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Hello,
Having spent a year getting into a better financial position, I'm hoping to soon be able to start a degree with the Open University so I can get a degree to finally earn my way to meeting the visa requirements of having a bachelors degree, and of course give me a speciality in something to improve my chances of finding work in, and moving to Japan. Very long term plan, but it's the only real way.
My question is though, has anyone had experience of getting a visa / work in Japan with an Open University degree? Mainly I'm just wanting to make sure that an Open University degree is likely to be recognised/ accepted by Japanese immigration for the visa side of things. Although it's an online university rather than a traditional one, I assume that doesn't cause any issues?
I know here in the UK the OU & it's degrees are officially certified / recognised (Check if a university or college is officially recognised: Recognised bodies - GOV.UK), but of course that doesn't mean it is in Japan. (actually I've recently heard from a person who got a degree with them, only to find out it wasn't recognised in Italy). I remember reading somewhere that Japan's immigration office has a list of certified unis they accept degrees from for overseas, but I can't seem to find a link to any list at the moment to check if OU is on there. I've always assumed it's only suspect/potentially fraudulent unis in a lot of countries which are likely to be an issue, but I've now just got a tiny worrying doubt weather the OU will be acceptable to them.
Thanks in advance
Having spent a year getting into a better financial position, I'm hoping to soon be able to start a degree with the Open University so I can get a degree to finally earn my way to meeting the visa requirements of having a bachelors degree, and of course give me a speciality in something to improve my chances of finding work in, and moving to Japan. Very long term plan, but it's the only real way.
My question is though, has anyone had experience of getting a visa / work in Japan with an Open University degree? Mainly I'm just wanting to make sure that an Open University degree is likely to be recognised/ accepted by Japanese immigration for the visa side of things. Although it's an online university rather than a traditional one, I assume that doesn't cause any issues?
I know here in the UK the OU & it's degrees are officially certified / recognised (Check if a university or college is officially recognised: Recognised bodies - GOV.UK), but of course that doesn't mean it is in Japan. (actually I've recently heard from a person who got a degree with them, only to find out it wasn't recognised in Italy). I remember reading somewhere that Japan's immigration office has a list of certified unis they accept degrees from for overseas, but I can't seem to find a link to any list at the moment to check if OU is on there. I've always assumed it's only suspect/potentially fraudulent unis in a lot of countries which are likely to be an issue, but I've now just got a tiny worrying doubt weather the OU will be acceptable to them.
Thanks in advance