Studying As A Foot-In-The-Door

[CiaranLovejoy]

Hello all,

I am new here and I've been considering doing Business & Japanese Studies at Uni, with the intention of eventually emigrating to Japan, and as I understand it it's incredibly difficult to get a Visa, especially for the English. But the course I'm thinking of partaking in offers the second year as studying in Japan and apparently they also help with transfer applications after University. Does anyone know anything about this kind of deal? I mean, if you study in Japan, does it make it any easier to get accepted?

Any Help Would Be Appreciated,
- Ciaran Lovejoy

 

[Mike Cash]

With a university degree in hand you'll not have trouble with getting a visa. Instead you should be considering what sort of job you wish to have and the employment opportunities for you in Japan in that field, as the issuance of a visa will be tied to your offer of employment (and visa sponsorship by your employer).

Learn some marketable job skills, preferably in a field you enjoy, which will be useful to you either in Japan or back home.

If "Japanese Studies" means study of the language, that is most definitely recommended. If it is other than that, I would say for the purposes of facilitating your future life in Japan it is probably mostly worthless in a practical sense. You'll be hired for some aspect of your foreignness.

 

[CiaranLovejoy]

Thank you Mike, that's very useful.

Am I right in thinking that Japan still needs English Teachers? As that is something I have oft considered doing and it sounds like something I would be able to d. (& I could do a TESOL Course at Uni).

 

[Glenski]

Brits have it easier than you think. They can get a working holiday visa without a degree or employer sponsor. Work visas are not hard to get, as long as you have the simple requirements and an employer is willing to hire and sponsor you. Yes, you need to be hired first, THEN comes the work visa.

People on student visas can work part-time, and schools permit this usually only after you attend classes for 3-4 months.

As for Japan needing teachers, yes, but competition is steep.

 

[CiaranLovejoy]

Great, Thanks guys!

- Ciaran Lovejoy