I’m planning to go to a Japanese university to study next year or the year after that.
At the time of my arrival, I should be eligible for an HSFP visa, if not for the fact I’m working for a non-Japanese company (10m+ JPY income – 40 points, less than 29 years old – 15 points, N1 – 15 points), but according to what I’ve read here, working as a contractor for a foreign company is totally fine with a student visa, albeit only 28 hours a week.
Therefore I’m wondering if it would be possible to get a permanent residency after 3 years of studying in Japan since all the conditions for the HSFP visa would be fulfilled from the start.
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If you look at [the chart](https://www.lb.emb-japan.go.jp/Points-Based-Immigration-Treatment.PDF), the annual salary is the one “paid by the principal accepting organization”. Your accepting organization is your university, not the foreign company you work “part-time” for. On that alone, I think you can kiss that 40 points goodbye.
However, I doubt they would even accept a student status as it doesn’t fall within as a status within any of the three streams of HSFP.
There are 3 categories of HSP visa; worker, researcher, business owner, each one requires company/organization sponsorship. Being a student might not make you eligible for the visa.
The point system isn’t the only thing that needs to be fulfilled. You still have to have regular tax, social insurance payments and the other regular PR requirements. The points only shortens the time requirement.
>Therefore I’m wondering if it would be possible to get a permanent residency after 3 years of studying in Japan since all the conditions for the HSFP visa would be fulfilled from the start.
As /u/MejiroCherry mentioned, it’s ***highly*** unlikely that you actually meet the requirements for HSFP.
Also: You cannot gain PR while you are on a student visa. For the normal 10-year PR path you are required to have at least 5 years of working visa status. You should assume that the requirements for the accelerated path are ***at least*** the same 50% rule. In reality, the accelerated path is almost certainly “no student time”, though.
Also: You’re going to get paid 10m+ for part time work? Pull the other one. Immigration is going to look at those numbers and assume that you’re violating your working allowance.
If you tried to do this there’s a high probably that you will end up *deported* instead of with PR.