Hi, I’m Filipino, 28 years old. Been working for almost 7 years as Accounting Staff and wanted to work in Japan (because salary much better abroad, and also.. my dream country is Japan). I’m confused what my next step after I finished my Japanese language class.. go student visa or SSW. I don’t have big money for student visa but the language / agency that I go to, have a program called.. fly now pay later. They will let us get loan from them for student visa processing (6 months advance tuition and 2 months advance apartment fee, etc). I want to take that opportunity but my problem is money. I’m afraid that I can’t pay the loan plus need to save for the tuition fee for another months of studying there. Should I grab the opportunity or get the SSW visa instead? I need advice. Thank you.
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**Which is more worth it, student visa or SSW?**
Hi, I’m Filipino, 28 years old. Been working for almost 7 years as Accounting Staff and wanted to work in Japan (because salary much better abroad, and also.. my dream country is Japan). I’m confused what my next step after I finished my Japanese language class.. go student visa or SSW. I don’t have big money for student visa but the language / agency that I go to, have a program called.. fly now pay later. They will let us get loan from them for student visa processing (6 months advance tuition and 2 months advance apartment fee, etc). I want to take that opportunity but my problem is money. I’m afraid that I can’t pay the loan plus need to save for the tuition fee for another months of studying there. Should I grab the opportunity or get the SSW visa instead? I need advice. Thank you.
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work visa , considering your age, do not go with student visa route
>Been working for almost 7 years as Accounting Staff
Why would you even consider trading a professional position for the borderline slave labor of a SSW?
Rather than considering either option why not try… Getting a job in your field? It’s going to be tough, but it will be better than trading your life away for a manual labor position (SSW) or going into debt with a predatory agency (Student)