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**Why do few employers sponser Visas?**
Does it cost the company a lot? Most jobs prefer people that are already in Japan.
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I think you answered your own question. It’s a pretty involved process and probably seen as a gamble in most cases.
Probably because:
1. They don’t want a million unqualified applicants to sort through. When I had open positions with visa support, the number of unqualified applicants (even though I clearly documented those requirements) was shocking. The number of people who said they could speak Japanese but couldn’t get past “this is a pen” was shocking, despite clearly documenting my Japanese requirements.
2. They don’t want people who don’t know “how to japan”. This includes both how to communicate in Japanese and how to behave in the work place.
3. Most importantly, they don’t need to. Why go through the hassle if they can source domestically?
Why hire someone unknown from overseas who may or may not be comfortable living here or fit in well, when you can hire someone locally who is already settled in and knows how things work?
Because visas are additional paperwork and bureaucratic headache.
They also add an extreme level of uncertainty to the hiring process. Most companies when hiring someone want them to start on a fixed date, relatively soon. Hiring a foreigner from overseas? Good luck setting a fixed start date. Their visa might be ready in a month. It might take 6 months. Who the hell knows? It might take six months *and then they get rejected*.
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This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.
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**Why do few employers sponser Visas?**
Does it cost the company a lot? Most jobs prefer people that are already in Japan.
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I think you answered your own question. It’s a pretty involved process and probably seen as a gamble in most cases.
Probably because:
1. They don’t want a million unqualified applicants to sort through. When I had open positions with visa support, the number of unqualified applicants (even though I clearly documented those requirements) was shocking. The number of people who said they could speak Japanese but couldn’t get past “this is a pen” was shocking, despite clearly documenting my Japanese requirements.
2. They don’t want people who don’t know “how to japan”. This includes both how to communicate in Japanese and how to behave in the work place.
3. Most importantly, they don’t need to. Why go through the hassle if they can source domestically?
Why hire someone unknown from overseas who may or may not be comfortable living here or fit in well, when you can hire someone locally who is already settled in and knows how things work?
Because visas are additional paperwork and bureaucratic headache.
They also add an extreme level of uncertainty to the hiring process. Most companies when hiring someone want them to start on a fixed date, relatively soon. Hiring a foreigner from overseas? Good luck setting a fixed start date. Their visa might be ready in a month. It might take 6 months. Who the hell knows? It might take six months *and then they get rejected*.