I’m intending to go on a student exchange to a university in Japan. As far as I understand, the student visa requires completing a minimum of 22 Japanese credits in a year, which would be roughly equivalent to 44 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).
Do these credits need to be from the target university? I would be interested in completing some courses from my home university in Europe, but would only do so if they count towards the minimum requirement.
Also somewhat related, what are the consequences if you fail to meet the minimum study requirement during your exchange?
I will not be receiving JASSO, if that matters, due to my target university failing to be selected as a recipient school for it.
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Where did you see that requirement. I’ve never heard of it.
>I would be interested in completing some courses from my home university in Europe, but would only do so if they count towards the minimum requirement.
Absolutely not.
The point of the minimum requirements for the student visa is to make sure that the people who hold said visa are actually studying in Japan. It’s a (relatively) frequently abused visa, so there are a lot of restrictions to make sure that people are actually using it for its intended purpose.
Online courses for a non-Japanese university will almost certainly not count towards any immigration-required credit hours.
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