I’m contacting consultants about moving to Japan and one place said they can hire me through weConnect. Is this legit? Here’s the email they sent me:
It’s a highly risky solution for us thus we only rarely do it. It looks like this. We hire you into weConnect as a consultant and get you a visa, you find us a minimal salary to pay you plus benefits as you get full time employment status and coverage through weConnect.
Costs are:
USD 1500 one time onboarding
USD 900 monthly service fee
USD 2500 one time visa application
4-months deposit of salary + monthly service fee
On top of this you need to find your own salary which would be minimum JPY 4M annually, before benefits contributions.
This structure really doesn’t make sense unless you have steady income elsewhere.
Otherwise, the options are to setup your own company and get a business manager visa, though with that comes the requirements of ensuring the company is compliant with tax etc.
by orange_moon