My current residency status is Engineer/Humanities. Valid for another 2 years.
I work for a small eikaiwa for up to 28 hours/week (usually less). This business was the original sponsor of my residency status. I also work part-time at a university. I have received “Permission to engage in an activity…” resulting in a stamp in my passport, valid through February 2023.
I am looking at leaving the eikaiwa while maintaining the university job. I know I must notify immigration within 14 days of leaving. I am in the process of applying for full-time university work starting in April. As a back-up, I have additional part-time university teaching lined up for next year.
My understanding from [this thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/hbzcwd/comment/fvc13tb/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) is that:
“…if you do have a specific permission already, there should be nothing wrong with doing the work that’s covered by that permission.”
Questions:
1. Does this mean immigration should be okay with me **only** doing the university job through February 2023?
2. Is it possible to receive future “Permission to engage” stamps if I am currently working outside my status w/ permission? (*This seems unlikely)*
Thank you in advance.
As a follow-up to [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/ww6h7m/how_to_avoid_continuing_to_apply_for_permission/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3): When I went to immigration I was told that additional hours to my current university contract **DID NOT** require another “Permission to engage…” application as long as the stamp remains valid. This is different from what the immigration helpline told me.
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I’m also curious about this.
> Does this mean immigration should be okay with me only doing the university job through February 2023?
Officially no, unless it falls within the scope of your residence status. The permission to engage in other activities is void if you’re not keeping up the thing you have permission to reside in Japan for. (Whether they’d actually enforce it is another question).
It depends on what kind of visa you need to work at the uni. If it’s a different one you should apply for a change in status and get the proper one with the help of your uni.
If Engineer/Humanities covers the university work then you’re simply changing jobs and would not have to do anything except inform immigration that you quit your eikaiwa job which you can do online. It would be basically like going from one eikaiwa to another *assuming* Humanities covers your particular job at the uni.
I know that some types of university teaching has its own visa but I don’t know the details of which ones fall under that so you’d have to check further.