I’ve heard that it’s required (or highly recommended) that you need a bachelors degree or at least 10 years of experience. I have neither of these but am looking into doing a working holiday in Japan. I do have a two year diploma from a Canadian college/polytechnic plus a few years of experience related to my field. How sufficient is that? I’m still in the early stages of figuring it all out.
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**Do you need a bachelor’s degree to move to Japan? What about a two-year college diploma? (Canadian)**
I’ve heard that it’s required (or highly recommended) that you need a bachelors degree or at least 10 years of experience. I have neither of these but am looking into doing a working holiday in Japan. I do have a two year diploma from a Canadian college/polytechnic plus a few years of experience related to my field. How sufficient is that? I’m still in the early stages of figuring it all out.
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The bachelors or experience is immigration requirements for a work visa.
You are fine without for a year working holiday visa.
Bachelors is just a work visa requirement. If you’re doing the working holiday visa, you don’t require any college education.
But if you’re planning on staying for the full year and potentially building a bit of a life for yourself there, it would be a good idea to have your bachelors ready incase you want to change your visa status and maintain residency at the end of the year.