[AlwaysPEPSI]

I've got an interesting situation...
This may end up being something that can only be answered by each individual company, but I was wondering...

I will be doing my final year of school in Japan and the school year ends in late May. I would like to teach english for a couple of years before I head back and I was thinking of interviewing for potential jobs starting around December. Will it create issues that I won't have my Bachelor's until after May? The school I am going to said that even though my student visa is valid for a long time (Starting Aug 01 2008 valid for 1 year stay at a time) they said it is probably best to only stay a month after school ends.

Let's say I get hired by a company that knows I will be graduating. I am guessing that they will only start processing my working visa once they have seen my transcript from my school saying I have graduated and my degree, correct? Yet, it could take a couple/few weeks to get this transcript since I will first have to give my school the transcript from the Japanese University before they will acknowledge that I have gained the sufficient requirements and credits. And then the visa process can take a month or two to finish.

So, it seems like I may be running into issues here. I will ask the school I will be going to about this, but I'm wondering if anyone can give me a heads up on what I may experience or ideas to make things more likely to work out more efficiently.