That's correct, immigration has been softening up a lot in the last few years, and I think I need to make myself a bit more clear;
You apply for a job on a tourist visa, this is legal. You tell the employer you need to sign the contract but that your start date wont be for another few weeks. During those weeks you go asap to the immigrations office, apply for a working visa. In Kobe I waited 5 minutes after submitting my document, after he checks them over to make sure nothing is missing he stamps your passport to show that you applied for a change of status, (in case your tourist visa runs out before the work visa is approved) so now you're safe to stay in Japan and work until you find out if it was approved or not, which it basically always does if that first guy stamps your passport. If for some weird reason it doesn't it's likely because something was missing and that guy was not doing his job well, which I've never heard of.
The company you apply to simple needs to give you a contract stating salary and duration of employment. You need to remember their phone number and address and all that other info. Oh, and size of company, number of employees and yearly income I think.
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Originally Posted by GregX999
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This is very surprising to read. I guess it really varies from country to country. I thought Japan was strict on required certs. How much difference would it really make? What about regarding salary levels?
But, with only limited Japanese ability, how easy is it to find places while there? Are there English classified ads in the smaller cities (Kyoto for example)?
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Greg
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Glad I can help, and hopefully others reading this too!
Think of the certs as something non-native speakers get to show they can speak as well as native speakers lol. In japan you hardly have to teach grammar or anything really, Japanese people have a great foundation and simply need speaking and listening practice, if you can have a conversation, and correct things that sound off, done. And no change to salary levels, "years of experience" and your age are all that affect that.]
It's easy to find a job with no Japanese level. There are English sites, English papers, etc.