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Originally Posted by RealJames
You're entirely right, tourist visa -> work visa is totally not cool...
But, I said working holiday visa, which is totally cool ^^b
He said he was 23, so still safe on the age requirements for it too.
Most people don't have the balls to come out here with no job lined up and just hope things work out, like I did.
I used an internet cafe to check gaijin pot, made a membership, spammed my cv to hundreds of places, emphasizing they wouldn't have to worry about the whole visa headache they'd have to deal with with other applicants, the interviews came pouring in, for both programming and teaching English actually.
Learning survival Japanese got me to meet a few ladies that were more than happy to lend me a hand with some of the technicalities that were quite difficult as a foreigner.
Throw your life into the hands of fate now and then, it usually works for the best in my experience  |
Ahh, yeah I figured the working holiday visa, unfortunately not every country (particularly the US) has that deal worked out with Japan. So if the OP is American, he/she is sol for the working holiday visa.