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Humanities/International Services visa - BA
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2019/8/8 01:34
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Hi, I am a non-native speaker looking for a teaching job in Japan. I've applied to several companies and one of them just mailed me - they told me that to be eligible to work in Japan, my major had to be taught in English.
My major is Applied Linguistics. In my country, it's a respected major because it's combining 2 foreign languages (in my case English & French) and they teach both translation and teaching. So it's basically two majors in one. Unfortunately, because of that, my major wasn't taught fully in English (around 45% in English, 35% in French and 20% in my native language - some less important subjects), although all classes connected to English were obviously taught in English.
It's my first time to see such a requirement - usually they only say the major has to be related to teaching. Is it a real visa requirement, or it's just what this company expects from their future teachers? Will my major stop me from getting this job?
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by Diana (guest)
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Re: Humanities/International Services visa - BA
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2019/8/8 10:45
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There is no requirement that your major be taught in English for you to obtain a Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa in Japan.
However, in order to obtain the visa, you will have to obtain a job first, and in this case the specific employer's requirement is that if you are not a native English speaker, your major must have been taught entirely in English.
As that's a requirement for the specific position/employer you mentioned, it doesn't sound like this employer will be giving you a job, and thus won't be giving you a visa. That doesn't necessarily mean, however, that other companies won't be willing to hire you, and thus sponsor your visa.
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