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Dear visitor, if you know the answer to this question, please post it. Thank you! Teaching in Japan - No Degree, No J-Wife 2009/6/12 Hi everyone! I was wondering how difficult it would be to move to Japan to Teach English without a degree. I graduated High School, and have 2 1/2 years of college completed, as well as very high Standardized Test scores. Also, I do not have any relatives or friends living in Japan at this present time. I do, however, have enough money to be able to survive for a few months without any sort of gainful employment. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated :) by Ikkan   teaching 2009/6/12 If you are from a country that is part of the working holiday visa program (which doesn't include the US), then that would be your only option. Other than that, without a bachelor's degree then it would be impossible as you do not qualify for a work visa. You are better off finishing up your 1.5 yrs of college and then look into teaching in Japan again. by yllwsmrf rate this post as useful no degree=no work visa 2009/6/12 yllwsmrf is right- without the completed degree (and assuming you are from the US so not eligible for a working holiday visa), you do not qualify for a working visa. The results of your Standardised Tests are meaningless as far as visa and job applications here go- Immigration only wants to see a completed degree, and recruiters will have no idea what the Standardised Tests mean. by Sira (guest) rate this post as useful possible 2009/6/12 We get a little to carried away with our - no it can't be done - answers and sometimes forget the alternative ways of getting into Japan..! You can come here IF you are willing to spend money to enroll in a Japanese school or in a university such as Sophia, Temple, Ritsumeikan, etc. If you can get accepted into one of those schools you can come here as a student and work legally. If you complete an entire degree here you'll then be eligible to convert your visa to a working visa. There are some limitations on student visas in regard to work hours allowed per week, but you can probably skirt around them without too much trouble after you learn the system here. by Winterwolf (guest) rate this post as useful studying 2009/6/13 I was just working on the info Ikkan gave- wants to teach English, a few months worth of expenses only. Studying here is very expensive and requires you to show proof of a lot of funds up front as well as the class fees. If you work at home for a while longer and really save, you might manage it, or finish that degree so you can work. by Sira (guest) rate this post as useful not an option 2009/6/15 We get a little to carried away with our - no it can't be done - answers and sometimes forget the alternative ways of getting into Japan..! And this is a case of the alternative plan being an alternative for a reason. Student visa are inherently expensive for the reasons given by Sira, and this just isn't an option for the OP. Not to mention that you can't support yourself, or pay tuition, on the 20 hr a week working limitation. Unfortunately, he simply doesn't have enough money banked already to make this a viable plan. by yllwsmrf rate this post as useful