Hi,
I was finally contacted by Gaba about an application I’ve sent ages ago, and they are trying to trick me from what I understand.
They sent me an email that said I have to posses **either:**
” 1. An accredited bachelor’s degree (or higher) *that was taught in English* (i.e. the medium of tuition was English)
* Â *If your degree was partially conducted in a different language (other than English), please include the* *percentage* *of your course taught in English versus the other language(s).*
**OR**
2. Three years of verifiable *full-time* English teaching experience ” for a visa
I know where the 3 years thing comes from and it is fair enough that they understood it is either 3 years or the bachelor’s, and not both. But that bachelor’s thing is a blatant lie. It doesn’t say anywhere that it has to be taught in English.
If those would be their company requirements, then fair enough. But they are trying to tell me that I need a bachelor’s taught in English for a **visa**?
If anyone has any advice on how to show them that the language of the bachelor’s is never mentioned in the visa requirements, or any advice in general about how to show them that I am not that uninformed, I would welcome it. My main point is to just let people know about this. Maybe it is something that Gaba started doing recently.
Either way, I will tell them I am perfectly eligible for the visa with my bachelor’s taught like 5% in English, but I have a hard time finding the official documents that talk about the humanities visa to show them the lack of such a requirement.
It is a bit frustrating since, for someone who doesn’t know the visa requirements, this kind of misinformation could be problematic.
EDIT: I know Gaba can have whatever policy they want, I am talking about the fact they tell you, “You will be ineligible for a work visa for English teaching in Japan.” if you don’t have either of those. You can call it misleading or all out misinformation thanks to that mention of a bachelor’s taught in English.
by Radusili