Firstly I’d like to explain my situation. I’m currently residing in Japan on a Student Visa studying in a Japanese School, but I’ve come to realize that 2 years is just not enough to properly learn Japanese. I wanted to work in Japan while I learned Japanese on my own, but I highly doubt I’d be able to get a Work Visa as I lack a degree.So I’ve decided that I’d like to potentially study at a University in Japan as I want to get a Work Visa later on and remain here permanently. So I have 2 questions.
1: I’ve searched up a few University that have English programs that could be interesting but I’d like to get your feedback on good and also affordable/cheap Universities out there since I can work part time but I doubt it will be enough to cover high cost University?
2: I come from a French/English speaking country in which our jobs require us to translate/Interpret English to French and vice-versa. Although the job isn’t exclusively translation I do have 3+ years of experience doing these jobs that include doing translation as part of the job. A lawyer in Tokyo told me this could be enough for a Humanities / International Services Visa but he was very vague about the requirements. I was wondering if anyone had any experience applying for this Visa while having the same type of work experience I have?
Thank you!
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Without a degree from university any working visa is impossible as far as I know. I understand that at least of a bachelor/canditate/equal level degree is mandatory.
Other then that I’m sorry but I can’t recommend any universites, but there are a lot of them out there.
Public universities will be the cheapest. They are all more or less the same price I think around 500,000 per year. Private universities can be twice as expensive, or in the case of very high profile private universities like Keio or Waseda, think 3 or 4 times.
In Japan, many good universities are national/public and every national uni required us to pay the same tuition(there are some exceptions). It costs about 4000 USD per year and I think It’s affordable, however, they require you to pass an entrance exam and this must be extremely hard for you.
Many universities that provide english courses for undergraduate students are private. It’s relatively easier to apply, but their tuition is more expensive(9000 – 10000 USD per year) and private universities in Japan are not so good in general(of course, there are some exceptions).
In order to get a work visa, you need to have a bachelor’s degree at least l, so it’s not possible to get the visa in your current situation.
It’s also hard to get a job as a translator. Usually, translators translate their second language that they understand really well(CEFR C1 – 2) into their native language. I think you might find a part time job but only Japanese into French if you are really good at Japanese(at least N1 level).