3-year visa working for dispatch or eikaiwa

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1. Lots of companies will, big and small. It isn’t exactly up to the company, though. It depends on immigration, too. The first time I (and my company) applied for a 3 year, immigration gave me 1 year again. The next year I got a 3 year.

   Immigration is probably not going to give you a 3 year right after you start a new job. They like to see stability in you and the company you work for – so if you’re looking for a job to get a 3 year visa and then quit, you may be shit out of luck. But, if you’re just looking for stability, look for maybe a smaller non-chain eikaiwa, especially one without a lot of turnover. They’re usually more than happy to have people who want to stay for a couple years.

2. Yes, I do know some ALTs with a dispatch company, who currently hold 3 year visas, who received it after April 2019.

   The duration granted is not up to the company. Immigration makes that decision.

   While there are many factors that affect the decision, they are all hearsay – including, but not limited to the remaining duration of your current contract at time of renewal (a little better if you have 11/12 months or more remaining on your contract, not great if there there is only 9/6/3 months or less), your current nationality (a little better if you’re from North America/Europe), which side of bed the officer woke up to that morning, and so on.

   The advice my dispatch ALT friends who have consulted with an immigration lawyer about getting a longer visa for PR was always been to either get another job (seishain with a large/stable company), and/or to get married.

   Their short contracts (1 year), and relatively low salary (~2.4M per year?) isn’t helpful.

3. I just got a 3 year visa last month. Before I got 5 one-year visas in a row. Only different thing I did this year was add ‘Just signed another 3 year lease on my apartment and need to look after my cat’ to the reason for extention part.

4. Yes, I work for AEON and renewed my visa in June of 2019; they renewed it for three years.

5. I help my wife run a small English school. Our last three visas for our teachers were 3-year ones. We don’t decide the length of the visa, though. Immigration does.

   What we have found helps is to give people contracts that last more than a year. If you have a one year contract I believe you are more likely to get a one year visa.

6. *haken* not *hakken*

   Why is that such a common error?

7. Yeah I got one while working for an eikaiwa. To provide some colour…
   – I have a master of education
   – It was a small, single teacher eikaiwa (and I’d just extended after getting married)
   – My prefecture is small and has very few gaijins
   – They actually asked me why I didn’t apply for 3 (while I was applying) so I changed the stamp and got 3

8. At least within the last five years I’ve lived here, They will give you a visa that matches your contract period but if you continue to renew your contract and your visa and have a record of good faith residency, they will supply you a longer visa on your third or so renewal.

   For context I am direct hire, pay into the pension, and pay taxes.

   I went spouse and almost immediately changed it -1 yr – 1 yr – 3 yr. I imagine if I continue this work in good standing I may be granted a 5 year. After that, possibly 10 year permanent residency as that would make alot of sense. 1 x 2 = 2 + 3 = 5 + 5 = 10.

   But I’m only speculating at the moment. My knowledge is very limited and anecdotal.

9. If you paid your National Pension on time for over a year I think it was, you have a higher chance of getting more than 1 year but not guaranteed.

   It depends on how the person doing your paperwork is feeling.