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Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/17 21:23
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Hi, I'm currently employed in Japan with an engineer visa.
I'm considering to resign from my current company to start my own freelancing business, but I wonder if that would have any impact on my visa status?
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by AS (guest)
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Re: Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/18 10:11
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You would almost certainly need to change visa. Business investor would probably be the right one. You'll need a lot of money to do it though - you need to prove you can capitalize your business.
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by Dainichi Heater
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Re: Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/18 10:20
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Google is your friend, there are plenty of resources about this...
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by Firas
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Re: Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/18 14:53
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"Enginner" resident status doesn't cover freelance work without a regular employer acting as the sponsor.
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by ....... (guest)
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Re: Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/22 10:48
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You can do it. Now problem. You need to change the visa status to busineess. How long you have been in japan. I was also on engineer visa and wanted to do same. Now Japan will offer visa to business category very easily . If you start a corporation company, you can get visa easily
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by Sun (guest)
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Re: Start personal business with Engineer visa?
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2017/2/23 09:57
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Yes, it takes money and a change in status. For freelance you need to prove you have sufficient contracts/income. Google turns up some good results.
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by JapanCustomTours
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