Employment or Working Visas
Types available:
- Professor
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities for research, direction of research or education at colleges, equivalent educational institutions or Kotosenmongakko.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Artist
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities for the arts that provide income, including music, the fine arts, literature, etc. (excluding the activities described under Entertainer Visas).
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Religious Activities
Activities authorized to engage in: Missionary and another religious activities conducted by members of foreign religious organizations.Activities for research, direction of research or education at colleges, equivalent educational.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Journalist
Activities authorized to engage in: News coverage and other journalistic activities conducted on the basis of a contract with a foreign journalistic organization, such as a foreign newspaper company, news agency, broadcasting station, documentary movie company, etc. (Specifically, activities carried out by newspaper journalists, magazine journalists, report writers, editorial chiefs, editors, media photographers, television and radio announcers, etc., including freelancers.)
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Investor/Business Manager
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to commence the operation of international trade or other business, to invest in international trade or other business and to operate or manage that business, or to operate or manage international trade or other business on behalf of foreign nationals (including foreign corporations) who have begun such an operation or have invested in such a business (excluding the activities to engage in the operation or management in the business which are not allowed without the legal qualifications described in Legal/Accounting Services)
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Legal/Accounting Services
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in legal or accounting business, which is required to be carried out by attorneys recognized as a foreign law specialist under foreign lawyers law (Gaikokuho-Jimubengoshi), (Gaikokukoninkaikeishi) certified public accountant practicing foreign accounting under the accountant Law or those with other legal qualifications.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Medical Services
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in medical treatment service which is required to be undertaken by physicians, dentists or those with other legal qualifications.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Researcher
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in research on the basis of a contract with public or private organisations in Japan (excluding the activities described under Professor visas).
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Instructor
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in language instruction and other education at elementary schools, junior high schools, schools for blind, handicapped children's schools, advanced vocational schools (Senshugakko), vocational school (Kakushugakko) or the other educational institutions equivalent to vocational schools in facilities and curriculum.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Engineer
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in service, which requires technology and /or knowledge pertinent to physical science, engineering or other natural science fields, on the basis of a contract with public or private organizations in Japan (excluding the activities under Professor, Investor/Business Manager, Medical Services, Researcher, Instructor, Intra-CompanyTransferee and Entertainer visas).
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Specialist in Humanities/International Services
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in service, which requires knowledge pertinent to jurisprudence, economics, sociology or other human science fields or to engage in service which requires specific ways of thought or sensitivity based on the experience with foreign culture, based on a contract with public or private organisations in Japan (excluding the activities described under Professor, Artist, Journalist, Investor/BusinessManager, Legal/Accounting Services, Medical Services, Researcher, Instructor, Intra-Company Transferee and Entertainer visas).
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Intra-Company Transferee
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities on the part of personnel who are transferred to business offices in Japan for a limited period of time from business offices which are established in foreign countries by public or private organisations which have head offices, branch offices in Japan and who engages at these business offices in the activities described under Engineer or Specialist in Humanities/ International Services visas. Applicant must have worked for his/her company a minimum of one year.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Skilled Labour
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in service that requires industrial techniques or skills belonging to special fields on the basis of a contract with a public or private organization in Japan. Applicants must fulfill certain conditions concerning personal history and work status.
Period of stay: 3 years or 1 year
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.
- Entertainer
Activities authorized to engage in: Activities to engage in theatrical performances, musical performances, sports, or any other show business (excluding the activities described under Investor/Business Manager visas). See more details below.
Period of stay: 1 year, 6 months, 3 months or 15 days
Must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for this visa.- * Performance / Entertainer Visa
Members of rock bands or similar groups, including non-performing members accompanying the group (e.g. tour managers, sound technicians, etc.), must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for a visa. Entertainers who are traveling to Japan to dance must also obtain a Certificate of Eligibility to apply for a visa. Classical musicians, members of symphony orchestras, theatre groups, opera singers, or professional sportsmen or women (golfers, tennis players surfers, etc.) , or professional car racers or motor bike riders including non-performing members accompanying the racers or riders (e.g. car mechanics, trainers, etc.) who have been invited to Japan either to perform publicly for remuneration or to participate in a competition must also obtain visas. These applicants, however, may, in the place of a Certificate of Eligibility, present the following documents to apply for a visa.
Please note that if an applicant is unsure as to what category he/she falls under, the applicant should contact the visa section directly to save time and avoid confusion. Application without Certificate of Eligibility.REQUIREMENTS:
- A valid passport with a valid Australian visa
- Visa application form duly completed and signed by the applicant
- One passport sized photo (taken within 3 months)
- Contract of employment
- Letter of invitation from Japan
- Letter of guarantee from the promoter or agent in Japan
- Documents regarding the business operation of the promoter or agent in Japan:
- transcript of corporate registration
- certificate of payment of corporate tax
- balance sheet and profit loss statement
- Schedule of performances in Japan
- A list of all visa applicants