Hello. Looking to be going to school (low-intensity) for a 2 year term for Japanese.
My strategy for making life easier to keep it TLDR is to work part-time for doing IT remotely for a US based job (I’m American myself). I have 8yr experience as well as certs etc so I’m not worried about my ability to grab an entry level remote job in service desk (22$/hr part time is very healthy to live with in JP but no way I’d live on that in USA lol).
With utilizing a PEO for intermitary , I would pay income taxes to Japanese govt while living there for the 2 years, which would help tremendously with my PR or Naturalization application later on.
Couple questions I have:
\-IF my visa is covered for 2 years to stay in Japan by law of being a student, do I even have to claim income tax in Japan? Or can I inform my new employer that I am American via my ID and just get paid to my US bank account, and move money to my JP bank? My thoughts are as long as I can do my job remotely, where I connect from wouldnt matter to them. Risks?
\-IF I go the PEO route, would I have to inquire with an employer whether or not they have a PEO? Are there any good sources to look for contract jobs which are PEO?
\-Finally, are there any good places to look for American remote jobs that are PEO / known to help people living abroad
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**Working remotely part-time in USA while in Japanese school**
Hello. Looking to be going to school (low-intensity) for a 2 year term for Japanese.
My strategy for making life easier to keep it TLDR is to work part-time for doing IT remotely for a US based job (I’m American myself). I have 8yr experience as well as certs etc so I’m not worried about my ability to grab an entry level remote job in service desk (22$/hr part time is very healthy to live with in JP but no way I’d live on that in USA lol).
With utilizing a PEO for intermitary , I would pay income taxes to Japanese govt while living there for the 2 years, which would help tremendously with my PR or Naturalization application later on.
Couple questions I have:
-IF my visa is covered for 2 years to stay in Japan by law of being a student, do I even have to claim income tax in Japan? Or can I inform my new employer that I am American via my ID and just get paid to my US bank account, and move money to my JP bank? My thoughts are as long as I can do my job remotely, where I connect from wouldnt matter to them. Risks?
-IF I go the PEO route, would I have to inquire with an employer whether or not they have a PEO? Are there any good sources to look for contract jobs which are PEO?
-Finally, are there any good places to look for American remote jobs that are PEO / known to help people living abroad
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>I would pay income taxes to Japanese govt while living there for the 2 years, which would help tremendously with my PR or Naturalization application later on
Not really, time spent on a student visa isn’t counted toward the 10 years for PR, there are I believe some people who have had exceptions while on degree courses I believe, but sounds like you’re looking at language school so that is almost certainly not going to count toward anything.
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>-IF my visa is covered for 2 years to stay in Japan by law of being a student, do I even have to claim income tax in Japan? Or can I inform my new employer that I am American via my ID and just get paid to my US bank account, and move money to my JP bank
This would be Tax Fraud, income while working based in Japan is taxed in Japan first, so putting it into a US bank account and not declaring it and paying taxes in Japan is just Tax Fraud.. so the risk is getting caught and then getting kicked out / banned from entering.
The PEO side of things / US Employers I cant comment on.