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About the working visa, so since it'll be my first time actually applying for a working visa, I'll most likely get one that is one to two years length, and eventually get a three year working visa over time, right? Also, when you say "renew", I can't help but think of it as an actual U.S. ID, so what I'm basically saying is once the visa is expired, I'll just have to "renew" it as you put it, am I on the right track here?

With that aside, from various comments from forums I've visited over time, I usually hear that majority of people will apply for a job that pertains to "teaching English" to the natives of Japan, which I eventually learned that this job is ALT. So my question is, what does an ALT person exactly do? I mean, I always hear "teaching English" in Japan is a good source of spare money while staying or traveling in Japan, but from the comments I gathered from various websites, it seems like anyone can apply for it and get the job on the first day, is this the case?