Id like to immigrate to jp at 18

SakuraSummers · (#1 (**permalink**))

can you please tell me Eveythin id need to know, what papers i need,
and stuff like that id also like to work and go to university there. thank you

MMM · (#2 (**permalink**))

You need to be enrolled in a Japanese school, have a job with a visa sponsor, or marry a Japanese citizen to live there.

Hatredcopter · (#3 (**permalink**))

You need:

1. A lot of money (at least to start out)
2. A 4-year bachelor's degree
3. Fluency in Japanese

#3 is only a requirement if you want to go to university in Japan. At Japanese universities, classes are taught in Japanese (duh), so you'd need to be completely fluently to attend one. You can't move to Japan without a four-year degree or without attending a university there/getting your degree there. The only other feasible way is to marry a Japanese national. There are a small number of universities in Japan that have English courses, but they are very expensive and there's limited majors to choose from.

I suggest attending college in the US (or wherever you're from) first, for two reasons.

1. You can learn Japanese, as larger universities in the US offer Japanese. You can also choose to study abroad for a semester or year in Japan, which leads me to...
2. If you enroll at a school in Japan and find you've made the wrong choice, you've wasted a lot of time and money. Attending a university in your home country and then taking a study abroad trip to Japan will allow you to live there long enough to see what daily life is like before making a life-changing decision to actually move there.

Hope that helps, if at all.

SakuraSummers · (#4 (**permalink**))

3. Fluency in Japanese

Im am almost fluent, i live in the uk and i truly feel jp is the best place for me.
i want to design clothes and be a manga-ka there. thanks for answers

MMM · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SakuraSummers

3. Fluency in Japanese

Im am almost fluent, i live in the uk and i truly feel jp is the best place for me.
i want to design clothes and be a manga-ka there. thanks for answers

Those are great ideas, but you can't live in Japan without the proper visa.

chachava · (#6 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by MMM

Those are great ideas, but you can't live in Japan without the proper visa.

yep, no chance of getting a job without a full visa - companies won't go near you

SuperMario128 · (#7 (**permalink**))

How do yo obtain a full visa?

This thread also relates to my goals to emigrate to Japan