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Dependent Visa.
Updated 9 September 2005
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my wife just started her monbusho scholarship at a japanese university. she can probably ask assistance from the school’s foreign organization so she can help me get a dependent visa. my question is, once i have the dependent visa and arrive in japan, will it be possible to change the visa status to full working visa if i find a job? i know about the dependent visa with a work permit of (e.g.) 28hours a week. thanks for your ideas posted in this website by the way.
Jai, you can certainly change visa status like this, but you’ll still have to go through the full procedure of getting a sponsor and so on. Since you’ll be changing residency status rather than acquiring residency, I think you will have to leave the country to change visa status — I haven’t been able to find the relevant link to a Japanese government site, but I’ll keep looking. Could be a nice opportunity for a little return trip to Korea.
Bennett, thanks for the thought. I’m from a 3rd-world country, I don’t think my passport would be enough for a short trip in Korea. Anyway, I’ll try to post updates in a month or two on how things will go. Good luck to everybody.
Is getting married to a Japanese national the only way to get a Dependant Visa?