Possible to get a visa?

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1. This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.

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   **Possible to get a visa?**

   Hey,
   so I am still unsure if this is possible and didnt find something like this.

   So I dont have a bachelor, I did a apprenticeship (3 years working in a company and visiting vocational school) as IT assistant manager (apprenticeships are really common in Germany) and am working as a Sysadmin right now.

   My plan would be to go to japan to a language school for 2 years as soon, somewhen around next year, I would then have 3 years working experience as Systemadministrator on top of my apprenticeship.

   I hope to achieve N2 in these 2 years, but will I even be able to get a working VISA approved after that, without a bachelors degree?

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2. Nevermind. I was wrong.

3. >I did a apprenticeship (3 years working in a company and visiting vocational school)

   I’m inclined to believe that immigration would consider this to be equivalent to a Japanese vocational school so I think you’d *probably* be okay for a related career. I’d suggest checking with your school or your local Japanese consulate to see if they are aware of anyone with a similar educational level successfully applying for a visa.

   >My plan would be to go to japan to a language school for 2 years as soon, somewhen around next year, I would then have 3 years working experience as Systemadministrator on top of my apprenticeship.

   I feel like taking yourself out of the game for two years to learn the language would not help your prospects much. Obviously better language skills gives you more options, but I know when I was out of the game for around 6 months (admittedly I was just teaching Eikaiwa) when I was getting back into it the first question everyone asked was what I had done during those 6 months to keep myself up to date.

4. My son is similar. He has two years programming through Highschool, a diploma in Programming through a vocational school and 3 years working for a AAA gaming company. No official bachelors. I know there is the 7-10 year experience rule without a bachelor – but wondering if he has enough with his current Diploma and his experience to qualify for a work visa. Huh.

   He currently is an N3 and is also looking at a 2 year language school as an option to get in to Japan.

5. The sheer majority of jobs require bachelors at minimum. So you’ll encounter a bit of difficulty