Get me to Japan

[TruthIsATimeBomb]

So here is the deal. My goal is to move to Japan and I would enjoy teaching english there. I would enjoy doing other things as well, but I feel I need to get my feet wet and the easiest way is to go to Japan to teach english. I am ALMOST done college, but was curious if there were any ways that I would still be able to go out and teach english without getting my BA, or would I NEED the BA degree?

[tifa]

oiiii dont be in no rush 2 move 2 japan!!! why? caz u like the culture..and stuff? heyyyy japan ppl hardly like other ppl....changed my mind after i saw a few signs..4 "JAPANESE ONLY, NO FORENIGERS!!" wtf...

[anrakushi]

ignore what tifa said about the signs, completely uneducated comment on the topic and there is a valid reason why those signs exist, one that i'm not totally against.

basically your only real option outside of finishing a degree is to get a working holiday visa. the regular work visa has a requirement that you must have completed a 4 year university degree (of equivalent, such as a 3 year if that is the standard bachelor time period in your country as it is for some degrees in Australia)

some people have got around this but it is not something i would count on. so either get yourself the working holiday visa or finish your degree then get over there. there are plenty of threads that have discussed this topic already.

[Hatredcopter]

Originally Posted by anrakushi

ignore what tifa said about the signs, completely uneducated comment on the topic and there is a valid reason why those signs exist, one that i'm not totally against.

basically your only real option outside of finishing a degree is to get a working holiday visa. the regular work visa has a requirement that you must have completed a 4 year university degree (of equivalent, such as a 3 year if that is the standard bachelor time period in your country as it is for some degrees in Australia)

some people have got around this but it is not something i would count on. so either get yourself the working holiday visa or finish your degree then get over there. there are plenty of threads that have discussed this topic already.

US Citizens are not eligible for the working holiday visa, unfortunately. Thats something thats limited to a small number of countries (UK, Korea, Australia, Ireland, and a few others).

[anrakushi]

well there you go, didn't know that. another reason it is great to be Australian.. haha ^^ aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi !!!

[tifa]

i was joking..ahhh ppl soo uptight!!!! .....geezzzz

[anrakushi]

there was nothing in your post to indicate you were joking, next time add some haha or lol on the end :P this person was after serious advice anyway.

[tifa]

gomen!!!!!! ....*hides*

[TruthIsATimeBomb]

Originally Posted by anrakushi

ignore what tifa said about the signs, completely uneducated comment on the topic and there is a valid reason why those signs exist, one that i'm not totally against.

basically your only real option outside of finishing a degree is to get a working holiday visa. the regular work visa has a requirement that you must have completed a 4 year university degree (of equivalent, such as a 3 year if that is the standard bachelor time period in your country as it is for some degrees in Australia)

some people have got around this but it is not something i would count on. so either get yourself the working holiday visa or finish your degree then get over there. there are plenty of threads that have discussed this topic already.

Thank you so much. I appreciate all of your help. I am new to here so will look for the prior discussions

[TruthIsATimeBomb]

Originally Posted by Hatredcopter

US Citizens are not eligible for the working holiday visa, unfortunately. Thats something thats limited to a small number of countries (UK, Korea, Australia, Ireland, and a few others).

aww...thank you for crushing my dreams