I first submitted my application for Interac 8 months ago, I was successful throughout all of my interviewing processes and am onto submitting my CoE for visa processing. I have yet to receive a placement, however, I have been asked to be ready for departure in March.
Two weeks ago I got married, and it goes without saying I want my husband to come with me. I am unsure if I should be disclosing this information or reaching out to my coordinator about my situation.
Just to make this clear 1.) I don’t expect Interac to help me with his visa process 2.) Or navigate specific housing accommodations. 3.) My husband works remotely and will be bringing in additional household income.
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Unless your husband gets some kind of visa he can’t live with you regardless of interac does.
As for what he may qualify for that depends on a lot of things.
I got a dependent visa for my husband after I came to Japan without him. It took about 2 months for him to get here after applying.
However you might need to talk to an immigration lawyer about his working remotely. On a dependent visa they can only work for 28 hours legally. I would just suggest finding an immigration lawyer to talk to about everything and find out what visa he can qualify for.
Meh just don’t say anything if possible. Less those companies know the better. However,If you guys want to live together and interact will be supplying the apartment, then you would have to disclose you want him to live with you. Even then, just say boyfriend.🤣
Your husband also needs a visa and there is no visa that he qualifies for that would allow him to work remotely. He would have to come as a dependent. That means you and your company have to convince the government that YOU make enough money to support both of you. Yes, interac needs to submit paperwork to get him a visa. You won’t make enough money to self sponsor a dependent unless you live in the middle of nowhere where rent is 3 man a month. Japan doesn’t care how much he makes outside Japan, they want you to earn the money here.
Him being here is a problem in it’s own. To live in Japan you must report all your earnings globally so the government can correctly assess tax, pension and insurance. Your spouse would have to disclose his earnings and pay Japanese taxes on all of it. He would also have to prove that he works less than 28 hours a week which won’t be easy with an overseas employer.
My wife works for interact. Our friend who works for interact has her husband here too and they have been in Japan for 7 years or more so far. He’s on a dependent visa, works some amount (private lessons and side hustles etc) but not a ton i think and they’re doing fine. Dependant visas are easy and simple to get, you can earn much less, and he can still get one. Interact is seperated into regions and each region is managed slightly differently so i can’t speak for all of it but from what i know about the region my wife works for they should give help if not some assistance in the form of information on such things. This situation, that of bringing your spouse over, is not rare. In fact it’s relatively common. They will have dealt with such situations before, so don’t fret about bringing it up.
Good luck! Hope you get a good placement!
I had a very similar situation to yourself.
Wife wanted to move here. It was her dream. I had no knowledge or interest in Japan, but I loved my (at the time) girlfriend enough to give something new a try. We didn’t disclose anything we didn’t have to. I simply came over to test out three months with her and she was placed in an unfurnished 2LDK (two rooms, kitchen, bathroom.). I stayed with her, and we went ahead and got married which involved paperwork between three countries and I had to return to my home country to get the final approval on the visa.
We stayed together in her apartment for a year until I was offered a direct hire position by the city after they tested me out on some adult night classes.
Now we both work for that city and have since left the dispatch company.
As long as you do a good job, a dispatch company (usually) won’t worry too much about your personal life.
I will warn you: it is TIGHT for two people to live off of one person’s dispatch salary. It will be very frugal living for a while. If he can bring the work, great. But you may run into legal trouble if the company doesn’t have a satellite business in Japan.
It’s not the end of the world, it’s certainly not a situation that’s impossible to navigate. When it comes time for the visa, as long as all the paperwork is correct, they usually don’t sweat the salary too much. It usually looks satisfactory for the annual amount a company like interac provides.
So basically
– you go ahead and get here.
– he comes over.
– within three months, preferably towards the tail end of it, begin his visa application for a dependent.
– Interac I’m sure will probably provide you the documentation you need, especially after having established yourself with good work flow for a couple months.
– Husband goes back home to finalize his approval on the visa.
– Husband comes back with approval memo and goes to immigration for his card.
– Congrats, you’re both here and living together.
– Navigating their remote work, legally or secretively, is something I have little to no experience with, but that’s the next step.
Regarding Interac arrival in 2023-Does anyone know approximately when “in March” we’ll be asked to arrive? Beginning? Middle? End?
Yeah, don’t tell them. Do what you need to do and then say sorry later. Trust me. I had to deny many people who were married and wanted to bring their partner with them.