I wish to move to Japan but I am currently self-employed and enjoy the many benefits of it. If I wanted to keep my self-employment but also move to Japan, could I just get a second job in japan (most likely English tutoring) to get the work visa? I have a friend who runs an English tutoring service who could help me out a lot here by giving me a job. The main idea would be that I would have very small working hours at this English tutoring job, and would be making the majority of my money from my self employed job. Is something like this feasible and legal?
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**A possible workaround to moving to Japan while self-employed**
I wish to move to Japan but I am currently self-employed and enjoy the many benefits of it. If I wanted to keep my self-employment but also move to Japan, could I just get a second job in japan (most likely English tutoring) to get the work visa? I have a friend who runs an English tutoring service who could help me out a lot here by giving me a job. The main idea would be that I would have very small working hours at this English tutoring job, and would be making the majority of my money from my self employed job. Is something like this feasible and legal?
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> I would have very small working hours at this English tutoring job, and would be making the majority of my money from my self employed job.
To get a work visa, you need to be employed by a Japanese entity **full-time**.
>The main idea would be that I would have very small working hours at this English tutoring job, and would be making the majority of my money from my self employed job. Is something like this feasible and legal?
The job that is sponsoring your visa must be your primary source of income. So no, this doesn’t sound like a workable plan.
Does your business have any customers or vendors in Japan so that you could make a business case for relocating it?
Some issues: 1) you would have to get permission from immigration to engage in work outside you visa status category, and 2) you can’t be making equivalent or more money on your non-status job than your status job.
It’s hard but possible.
The real question is are you willing to give up 35% to 55% of your income just to live here? That is what your **mandatory** tax, pension and insurance payments will cost. That adjustment is based on your global income as in everything you earn everywhere, even outside Japan.
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The fake teaching jobs will not allow you to proceed with your plan. The “side job” can not be more than 28 hours a week and can’t earn more than your minimum wage pretend teaching job. The only ways to do this are have a spouse visa or start a company here with two Japanese employees and have a ton of cash in a Japanese bank.