Moving to japan 🇳🇱>🇯🇵

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1. Im a comp sci uni student in my home country with an interest of moving to Japan as well!

   From what I understand, to get a work visa, you need either a bachelors degree, or an equivalence of 10 years work experience in your field.

   Perhaps if you got a bachelors degree in your home country (some kind of engineering?), and then moved to Japan for work, or to further your education (out of pocket or thru scholarships) that would actually lead to a visa.

   If you get some work experience in your own country as well, in an in-demand field, you could have an even higher earning potential in Japan!

   Ik you probably want to travel and leave your home country, but at the very least, I think it’s worth it for you to get a bachelors degree in the Netherlands first, plus, it’s free in the EU anyways! You can go to Japan right after graduating if you want, rather than getting a few years of experience, and you’ll still be better off than if you hadn’t studied at home 🙂

2. You won’t, basically.

   For the work visa itself as another one mentioned, it’s either 10 years of relevant experience or a bachelor’s degree.

   But Carpentry is not an industry that you can really get a work visa from.

   There’s always exceptions but an usually accurate rule of thumb is that you can expect to get a work visa easily only for white collar jobs.

3. If you want to become a carpenter in Japan, you’re going to have to specialize in a niche. In general for the trades the only way to get a visa is to be a world renowned specialist.

   However there is also the vocational school route. While you’re definitely not going to get a visa to build and repair furniture in your shed, and you’d likely not get a visa for building houses with a construction firm, there is a chance that you’d be able to get one if you’re trained in shrine & temple carpentry.

   Check these guys out:
   https://miyadaiku-yoseijyuku.com/en/entry.html

4. > how to succeed at finding a way to go work in japan as carpenter!

   You can come to Japan on a Working Holiday Visa and stay a year or so working as a construction laborer. Or, your could marry a Japanese (Spouse Visa) and slowly work your way up the ranks of the construction industry from the bottom as you try to learn Japanese (Japanese language is the minimum to get an apprenticeship).

   Read all the previous threads about trying to be a carpenter in Japan:

   * https://www.reddit.com/r/movingtojapan/search?q=carpenter&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on

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