I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa. I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this. Thanks for any help you can give.
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**Are train drivers classed high skilled workers?**
I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa. I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this. Thanks for any help you can give.
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>I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa.
That’s not even remotely true. There are plenty of us who are here on “regular” working visas (Or “were here” in the case of those who’ve gotten PR like myself)
>I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this.
Absolutely ***not***. It is effectively impossible for a foreigner to get a position as a train engineer *at all*. They recruit people right out of high school and specialized vocational schools, and they have enough applicants that no one is going to hire a foreigner who doesn’t speak the language as fluently as a native, doesn’t already know Japanese train systems, and requires a working visa.
>I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa.
I think you’re confusing yourself a bit. Pretty much any white collar job can sponsor foreigners for a status of residence. Engineer or Specialist in Humanities status exist for these roles. Not just the highly skilled foreign professional status.
>I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this.
Driving the trains is pretty much always a “promote from within” type job here. I’ve heard anecdotally as well that as trains are a matter of national pride here they don’t have foreigners driving them. I haven’t found any evidence to support this though so take it with a grain of salt. Certainly JR East has an English landing page for fresh graduates (although everything beyond the landing page is Japanese): https://www.jreast.co.jp/recruit/new-graduate/english/general.html
So *if* you are able to get a job at JR, they *could* sponsor you for a status of residence, but even if you do score that entry level position I wouldn’t expect your career to place you behind the controls of any trains.
Good luck!
Train drivers are also government jobs. The only way you can get employed there is to pass the national exams. You can only pass this exam out of high school, if you went to university, you have to take a higher level exam which is notoriously difficult. I have never seen a foreigner drive a train here.
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This is a copy of your post for archive/search purposes.
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**Are train drivers classed high skilled workers?**
I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa.
I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this.
Thanks for any help you can give.
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>I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa.
That’s not even remotely true. There are plenty of us who are here on “regular” working visas (Or “were here” in the case of those who’ve gotten PR like myself)
>I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this.
Absolutely ***not***. It is effectively impossible for a foreigner to get a position as a train engineer *at all*. They recruit people right out of high school and specialized vocational schools, and they have enough applicants that no one is going to hire a foreigner who doesn’t speak the language as fluently as a native, doesn’t already know Japanese train systems, and requires a working visa.
>I know unless you want to be an English language teacher in Japan it’s impossible to move without a high skilled work visa.
I think you’re confusing yourself a bit. Pretty much any white collar job can sponsor foreigners for a status of residence. Engineer or Specialist in Humanities status exist for these roles. Not just the highly skilled foreign professional status.
>I was just wondering if train drivers were included in this.
Driving the trains is pretty much always a “promote from within” type job here. I’ve heard anecdotally as well that as trains are a matter of national pride here they don’t have foreigners driving them. I haven’t found any evidence to support this though so take it with a grain of salt. Certainly JR East has an English landing page for fresh graduates (although everything beyond the landing page is Japanese): https://www.jreast.co.jp/recruit/new-graduate/english/general.html
So *if* you are able to get a job at JR, they *could* sponsor you for a status of residence, but even if you do score that entry level position I wouldn’t expect your career to place you behind the controls of any trains.
Good luck!
Train drivers are also government jobs. The only way you can get employed there is to pass the national exams. You can only pass this exam out of high school, if you went to university, you have to take a higher level exam which is notoriously difficult. I have never seen a foreigner drive a train here.