For Foreigners Seeking Jobs

植村　貴昭 この内容を書いた専門家 元審査官・弁理士 行政書士（取次資格有） 登録支援機関代表

For Foreigners Seeking Jobs

 

Thank you for visiting this page.
Our advice varies depending on the classification of your residence card.
Please check which one applies to you.

 

A　Designated Activities VISA
(Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services VISA)

Foreign nationals with this type of visa must have been laid off from his or her previous employment due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and were unable to find a new job before their visa expiration date.

The duration of Designated Activities VISA is six months, and it is not known at this time whether it can be renewed.
However, failure to apply for a different visa other than Designated Activities VISA during this six-month period means that you have not been able to find a new job.
Due to this information, there is a higher possibility for the Immigration Office to consider you as a foreign national who does not need to stay in Japan.

For this reason, you should make it possible to change your visa other than the Designated Activities VISA as soon as possible.

 

More specifically

1. 　Look for workplaces that will allow you to return to your original Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa.

2.　 If a white-collar position is difficult to fill, you can take the test for a Specified Skill. You will secure your Residence Status for now while doing field work. From there, look for a white-collar job and work your way back to having a Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa again.

3.　 If 1 or 2 is difficult to do, you should first enroll in Schools such as Japanese Language School. The goal is to have a Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa again. Therefore, you are trying to buy time studying in school while looking for a white-collar job.

These are some of our advice.

We are currently working on the Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Service job opening list. Please wait for a while.

 

If you choose 2, we can help you find a place to work after you have passed your Specified Skills qualification test.
Please mention “A-2” when you contact us.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「A-2」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card
・Photo of certificate for passing「 Grade 3 Trade Skills Test」or 「Level 3 Skilled Worker Proficiency Test」

Information on specified skills testing is summarized in the News Specified Skills Testing Information.

 

If you choose 3, we can introduce Japanese language schools to you.
However, you will have to pay for tuition.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「A-3」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card
・Preferred location to find a Japanese language school (Tokyo, Osaka, etc.)

 

B　Designated Activities VISA (Formerly known as Technical Intern Training)

1.　If you have this visa, we may be able to arrange a job for you.
However, 2 years and 10 months or more of activity as a technical intern and passing the「Grade 3 Trade Skills Test」or 「Level 3 Skilled Worker Proficiency Test」taken in the third year are required. If the statement above applies to you, please write “B-1”, take a picture of your residence card from the time of the technical intern training, and contact our office.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「B-1」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card
・Photo of certificate for passing「 Grade 3 Trade Skills Test」or 「Level 3 Skilled Worker Proficiency Test」

 

2. 　If you do not meet any of the conditions above, it may be difficult to renew your residency. Please consider taking a test for a specified skill or enrolling in a Japanese language school.

If you are interested in taking the test for a specified skill, you can contact us after passing the test and we may be able to provide you with a workplace.　　

If you wish, we can arrange for you to be introduced to a Japanese language school. In this case, please tell us “B-2”.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「B-2」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card
・Preferred location to find a Japanese language school (Tokyo, Osaka, etc.)

 

C　Designated Activities VISA(Changed from Specified Skilled Worker)

This person may be able to find a job right away.
Please take a picture of your residence card when you were a specified skilled worker and write “C” on it, and contact our office.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「C」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card
・Photo of certificate for passing「 Grade 3 Trade Skills Test」or 「Level 3 Skilled Worker Proficiency Test」

 

D　Specified Skilled Worker Visa holder

Your employment may have been terminated and we may be able to help you find a new job right away. Please take a picture of your current visa, write “D” on it and contact our office.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

・「D」notation
・Front and back photo of residence card

 

E　Student Visa holder

1.　If you can find a white-collar position, you may have a chance in applying for a Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa.
We will gladly accept and help with your visa, so please take a picture of your current residence card. Please write “E-1” on your message.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

•「E-1」notation
• Front and back photo of residence card

 

2.　If you can’t successfully find a job, you have the option to be a specified skilled worker for now.It is possible that this will keep you in place during this corona pandemic. When the situation gets better, it may be possible to apply for a Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa.

Information on specified skills testing is summarized in the News Specified Skills Testing Information.

 

3.　It is possible to change to a specified skilled worker visa by taking an exam for a specified skill while you are still in school.

 

F　Refugee Visa

Refugee visas are particularly difficult to obtain these days.
For example, in the case of Myanmar, there was previously a possibility of applying as a refugee, but currently, unless you are a Rohingya, it is difficult to renew in the future as a refugee.
You may want to consider changing to a different visa.
The classification is the same as in case A.
For example, please mention “F-A-2” and contact us.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

•「F-A-?」notation
• Front and back photo of residence card

 

G　For other visa holders

It would be the same as in the case of A.

Please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

•「G-A-?」notation
• Front and back photo of residence card

 

H　For non-visa holders

This means that you are still in your home country and will be employed in Japan.

1.　Studying Abroad

If you are interested in studying abroad, we can introduce you to a place to study in Japan.

 

2.　Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services

If you graduated university, you may be eligible for an Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Visa. Unfortunately, our firm does not currently have any jobs available in this category. You will have to find your own employment. Once you have found a job, we can help you with your visa application.

When you find a company for employment, please provide the required information as follows.
(We are unable to respond to inquiries that do not have the required information and attached files.)

•「H-2」notation
• Japan Company Information
• Passport information

 

3.　Specified Skilled Worker

You can use the method of becoming a Specified Skilled Worker if you did not graduate university or you’re not studying abroad.This requires you to take a test for a specified skill.
There are two ways to take the test, one is to come to Japan with a short term visa and the other is to take it locally, but at the moment, due to coronavirus and other circumstances, the test is rarely held locally.

 

4.　Technical Intern Training

Our firm does not provide support for technical intern training. Try to find sending organizations under the technical intern training program locally.

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