Work in Japan without degree

[clive00]

Hi all,
I am wanting to go to Japan next year to work as soon as possible.

But I have a problem. I failed two university subjects last year, and I would have to make them up in summer school to get the full amount of units to graduate. BUT even though I have completed enough units for a degree, there will be no graduation ceremonies until after semester 1 (which is August 2006)

Therefore I need to know if any school will take me bofore I get my official graduation certificate?

Thanks for your help.

[GaijinPunch]

You cannot get a working visa without showing them the original degree unless you have 10 years of professional work experience. Your only option is to take your two remaining courses via correspondence, in Japan, and enter Japan as a student and work part-time. Otherwise, get the credits during summer school and go then.

[clive00]

Even if I do summer school you will be eligible for graduation, i.e. in August.

BUT I will get an academic transcript up to that time will state that you have
completed the degree requirements for your award.
However, I have been told that only original degree certificates are accepted to work in Japan, and that means that you will have to graduate to get it .

Do any of you guys know if academic transcripts are enough? I don't want to wait till August to go to Japan :-(

[mr.sumo.snr]

I personally think you'll be struggling to convince the immigration authorities. But anyway, you can't be issued with a work visa unless you have a job to go to - do you have a job waiting for you?

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[budd]

excellent summation!!!
excactly what i was thinking anyway

[Mike Cash]

excellent summation!!!
excactly what i was thinking anyway

Ran that through the 'ol Babelfish with language settings on "JREF>AOL" and it came out "me too!"

[Damicci]

Ran that through the 'ol Babelfish with language settings on "JREF>AOL" and it came out "me too!"

LMAO

So how do you show 10 years of exp? submit a resume'?
No working visa without a degree i didn't know that. Does the US have the same stipulations?

NM found the info here:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-beforevisa.html

[Mike Cash]

LMAO

So how do you show 10 years of exp? submit a resume'?
No working visa without a degree i didn't know that. Does the US have the same stipulations?

NM found the info here:
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-beforevisa.html

Good thing you found it. I haven't the slightest idea about stuff like that since I qualify under the spouse provisions.

[Ikyoto]

The US will take anyone with the correct paperwork and clear crimminal record - we prefer to keep all our crimminals in Washington.

No degrees of anykind required - but unless you have relatives or money to suvive untill you get work it's not eay to start here.

[Thomas56]

I second that Ikyoto. It's awful if you can't start here in the first place. To make it big, you either have to know some people within the big business or sell incredible knowledge like Bill Gates.

[ArmandV]

Funny thing, we were talking with actor Robert Scott Field in Kyoto last August and he's a permanent resident in Japan. He started out playing baseball in Japan, then went on to get an Entertainer's Visa and then obtained a permanent residency after that. He said that an Entertainer's Visa sounds cool, but the renewal process "is not fun."

He played android M-11 in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah in 1991.

One of our tour members asked him about the necessity in having a degree to work in Japan and his reply was, "They say you do, but if you have connections and a job lined up, you can get around it."

Maciamo would appreciate this one: Scott mentioned that he interviewed with one of the big English conversation schools (possibly Nova) and they told him that they teach "standard English." Thinking that they were referring to the Queen's English or something like that, he asked, "Standard English? From where?" They replied, "From Michigan."

Shocked and amused, he responded, "What?! Michigan?!"

[Iron Chef]

"He played android M-11 in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah in 1991."

Heh, that's so cool... I want that on my resume. 8-)