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Originally Posted by newman
1) i will arrive as a tourist and go back every 3 months and re-enter 1 week later. If i can get a student visa from those language study program, that will be good. if not, its not a problem. i like to go back to home country every couple of months
2) no, i am not going to get a job. As long as i have a internet connection, i can work from home.
if there are other threads, can you point me to those threads. thank you
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You'll only be allowed 1 (possibly 2, YMMV) consecutive, immediate renewals on your tourist visa, unless you are leaving Japan for several months before returning.
If you want to do it right, you'd best get yourself accepted at a school and get your student visa. It will save you a lot of trouble and expense if you can do this before arriving in Japan.
If you come to Japan on a tourist visa, you may be able to apply at a school and get them to sponsor you for a student visa, but a tourist visa lasts only 90 days, and it can take 60 days or so for the paperwork to be processed. You may have to leave the country and return to get your tourist visa renewed if you can't get your paperwork started early enough.
When (and if) you are approved for a student visa, you can take the paperwork to the immigration office and have your visa status changed.
Japan has begun looking more closely at those who are getting back-to-back tourist visas. Don't be surprised if they refuse to give you one, particularly if you are not from a "western" country.
If you make enough income from your "internet job", and are willing to report and to pay taxes on the income to Japan, you may be able to sponsor yourself for a visa after your student visa expires.