What kind of Visa do i have to get?^^?

Question

Hi...I am from Malaysia, if i want to live in Okinawa ,Japan for more than two or three years , what kind of Visa should i get and how much will it cost and how should i get the visa ?..if i want to have a part time job there , do i need to get another kind of Visa? ...How much will i get in japan if i have a part time job per month..like working in the super market and so on.....

Answer 1

Find a job first and then decide about the visa.

http://jobdine.com/japan/

Alternately, visit Oiknawa on a tourist visa and see if you can find a job and change your visa status.

Answer 2

First, if you are a Malaysian, you cannot work as English teacher.

Most foreigners work as English teacher in Japan. If you want to have other jobs, you must have special skill like excellent programming skill.

Basically, what you need is student or working visa.  If you want to take working visa, you need to have college degree and special skill.

The Japanese government does not issue working visa for simple labor workers such as supermarket. They issue working visa only to those who have special skills.

There are not so many jobs in Okinawa. It's difficult even for Japanese to find a job there. How can you find one without speaking Japanese?

If you keep working only part-time (But as I told you, you cannot get working visa for part-time job), you will get only 120,000 yen or so in 1 month. But you cannot live with that money in Japan.  Basically, even Japanese people cannot support themselves only with part-time jobs.

For student visa, you must join Japanese college. But it requires native level Japanese and about $80,000 for tuition and living cost for 4 years.  You can work part-time with work permit if you are on student visa.