Moving to japan as a chef

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   **Moving to japan as a chef**

   I understand that moving to japan as a chef is troublesome, mainly due to the skilled labour visa. Is there any way i could get around the “working 10years in a specific cuisine of your heritage”? Would owning a diploma and degree related to food production(different cuisines) help? Or would entering a college/university in japan offering a food production related degree help? (Examples are Tokyo college of culinary arts, Le Cordon Bleu).

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3. >Would owning a diploma and degree related to food production(different cuisines) help?

   Nope.

   >Or would entering a college/university in japan offering a food production related degree help?

   Also nope.

   You could *possibly* make something work by starting your own restaurant and using the business manager visa, but that would require a *minimum* of 5 million yen (almost certainly more for a restaurant) and a solid business plan.

   Even that’s a bit of a stretch, because running a restaurant is different from being a chef, and without the management experience you’d almost certainly get rejected.

4. > Is there any way i could get around the “working 10years in a specific cuisine of your heritage”?

   Apparently if your specialty is Thai food you’d only need 5 years. I guess even the old boys at immigration love them some pad thai.

   https://www.moj.go.jp/isa/applications/status/skilledlabor01.html?hl=en

5. Marry a Japanese national and all your problems will fade away. Otherwise the answer is no.

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