Some of the wording in the guidelines about this is a bit vague. [https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/930003503.pdf](https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/content/930003503.pdf)
I’ll have been here for ten years soon, across various jobs, but all English teaching (Eikaiwa, a private elementary school, dispatch companies, I.B. preschool and back to eikaiwa again.) In the education section it says “Higher education” which I wouldn’t have thought my work classify as. Later on it says “Made a great contribution to Japan through public-service activities.” I..guess that counts?
Anyone here gotten PR granted after working for 10 years, but not as a “Higher education” teacher or marrying someone?
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I got PR by contributing to chu-hi sales.
Good luck!
Have you managed to save up money? Have you paid health insurance/pension all those years? Those are almost more important in the eyes of whoever’s evaluating your application.
This is if you’re trying to apply before your 10 years.
> The person satisfies any of the below-mentioned requirements and has stayed in Japan for more than five years without causing any problems in his/her social life.
If you read the rejection/acceptance examples on MOFA’s website, they’re all for people applying for PR under this “contribution to society” loophole before they hit a decade in Japan.
For what it’s worth I have a friend that just successfully got PR for 10 years of eikaiwa in Tokyo! It’s certainly possible.
Anecdotal, but if you’ve managed to stay here for 10 years, paid taxes, pension, financially stable, and haven’t had any trouble with the law then you are basically in.
ALTs and Eikaiwa teachers probably have a robust claim to “contributions to Japan”. You can state that you want to “continue teaching English to Japanese children in your local community” etc
I’d say the part ALTs and Eikaiwa teachers would struggle with the most would be income/stable income.