I am pondering on some remote part time work overseas from Japan while on a Student VISA. I was wondering how would I go about it or if it even have to make Japan know about it. Anyone knows this or have gone through a similar situation?
Thanks
EDIT: It would be a part time job and I am open to limiting it to just 28 hours/week as permitted by japan.
Edit: someone comented a good and relevant question: Not wanting to hijack OPs post, what is the max income a student can have from アルバイト before paying tax? Or is it always taxable?
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If you do the work here, you need to have the appropriate visa. Doesn’t matter where the company is. Where you are matters.
As a student you can request permission to engage in activities outside the scope of your status of residence which will allow you to work up to 28 hours per week. Doesn’t matter if it’s online remote or not.
Remember that if you’re in Japan doing work, then you owe Japan taxes on the income from that work. Doesn’t matter if the employer is not in Japan nor does it matter if the income never touches Japan.
Basically the way working for a foreign company looks like is you end up being a contractor and invoicing the foreign-based company. That or you become an employee of a company located in Japan.
What some people do is become an employee in their “home country”, and just move abroad and don’t update their address etc, meaning that they are paid in their home country and then spending money here.
In the first two examples, if you want to stay legal, you need work permission. You can ask for work permission (up to 28 hours a week) as a student. The company hiring you probably doesn’t care at all though.
In the case of “I am actually an employee in my home country”, basically there is no way of having that be a regularized visa status. Some people will say “oh this is foreign-sourced income” but nobody would be fooled by the fact that you are working…. in japan.
I believe that the generally accepted thing is that digital nomads are not following the letter or the spirit of the law wrt immigration in most cases. I am not judging tho
If you want to have a fully regularized sitaution, just get the work permission.
You ever run a red light and then go to the police station to confess?
How would they know!
Not wanting to hijack OPs post, what is the max income a student can have from アルバイト before paying tax? Or is it always taxable?
Well, if the money is deposited into your home country bank account, how would they ever find out?
r/digitalnomad is your friend.