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VISA Q and A on FM COCOLO 76.5 MHz Changing Cultural Activities Status to Artist Residence Status On Aired Data: Dec. 05, 2000 |
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| Summary of the Aired Program | |
| Cultural Activities Status: |
This status is given to those who come to Japan foracademic or artistic activities, especially in the field of traditional Japanese art, like flower arrangements or ikebana, tea ceremony, judo and others. The holder of cultural status activities is not allowed to have any earnings from these activities. |
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Client A: |
A lady who has studied Japanese flower arrangement for the past two years, and has acquired the license for teachers in flower arrangement. |
| Case A: |
She plans to teach flower arrangements in English, so that her neighbors can learn English and flower arrangement both in one time. But because she is here on the Cultural Activities status, it is against the law for her to be receiving payment in return. So, she is asking for advise on what she can do to start her career as a home teacher of flower arrangement. |
| Client B: | A male who is an apprentice on ceramic arts |
| Case B : |
He joined various contests and has done well so far, so he is thinking of putting up his own private exhibition and at the same time starting a career of his own. At the moment, he would like to know what visa status will fit for his purpose. |
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Other than the Cultural Activities Status that allows activities in any field of arts, there is the Artist Status, which not only allows the holder to perform activity in the world of art but also allows the holder to earn in return for each carried activity. In short, the Artist Status of residence is defined as activities for the arts that provide income, including music, fine arts, literature, etc. This status is divided into two categories: One is for those who deal with creative activity, like composers, lyricists, writers, sculptures, photographers, etc. The other is for those who teach art, like music, art, fine arts, literature, photography, drama, dance, film industry, etc. Yet, one must be aware that the Artist residence status is not that easy to acquire. To obtain such a status, the most important thing for the applicant to prove is that just by the earning from the activities involved with his/her specialty in a certain field of art, he/she can afford to live a normal life here in Japan. So, for our Client A, she must have gather enough students, so that the total of the tuitions can pay for her daily expenses. Also she must realize the number of students she has to gather, for the tuition for one student per month normally ranges from 5,000 to 10,000yen only. For client B, he needs to produce excellent products to sell at exhibitions or to win prizes in any competition. Documents Required : (for client A) she will need a certificate of ability in such field, a letter of recommendation from her teacher, materials showing her achievements in the field, if available, like a copy of the certificate of merit in any exhibition or a competition and a proposal of planned activities accompanied with a statement of income estimate. Also, if one is planning to start home teaching or a school to make a living, lesson plans or structure of the school is deemed necessary. (for client B)aside from the above documents, one should also include a catalogue or the equivalent of his ceramic products along with the price lists and a statement as to the strategy for the sales of the products. Enclosing a copy of the certificate of merit in any exhibition or competition will be an advantage. If one’s product couldn’t earn good prices, then it maybe difficult to get an approval for the change of residence status from cultural activities to Artist. |
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