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VISA Q and A on FM COCOLO 76.5 MHz Re-applying for a working visa On Aired Data: Jun.6,2000 |
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Summary of the On Aired Program Client: A Chinese national who has recently graduated from a Japanese Learning School Case: She was offered a job in Osaka, and was willing to take the job. So she applied for a working visa, but was unfortunately disapproved. Obviously she has to return to China, but she still has 20 days left till the expiry of her Student Visa. The immigration office gave her advice that if she replied within the remaining 20 days left on her visa, chances are she may be approved. She would like to know what she has to do and how to apply to be approved. Before we go on to giving her any good advice, lets go over the information on her first attempt. Our client has graduated a University in China, and since her major was dietetics. She would like to use her knowledge at this certain company, which she was offered a job as a chef. So she applied for a working visa under the status of “Skilled Labor”. But unfortunately she did not meet the requirements of having 10 years of experience in the field. Also to be granted this status as a chef is even more complicated. Not only do you need 10 years of experience in the field, and the same or above income of a Japanese colleague, but also you need either a license issued in your home country or written evidence that you have worked as a chef in a restaurant in your home country for more than 10 years. The immigration office does not officially announce this, but from experience, this is quite true. And also the restaurant you are planning to work has to be a ‘real’ restaurant, meaning ones that have course menus and such. Considering this client is a Chinese person, if she had applied to work in a Chinese restaurant where the skills from a Chinese person is needed it may have been easier to receive a visa. But since she is planning to work in a Yakiniku restaurant, the immigration office may have thought that this particular person may not have the special knowledge of making the special sauce for the Yakiniku. In either way, she did not meet the requirements needed to be approved. Once an application is unapproved, it is difficult for a re-applying for approval. This is because the immigration office tends to trust applications that have been turned in for the first time. All applications for re-applying are considered as documents thrust in to get an approval. But this does not mean that it is impossible to be approved. Fortunately, the company she was planning to work for is a real estate agent, and runs varieties of other businesses along with the “Yakiniku” restaurant. If this company also has an international trading division, she can try applying as a translator. Although, there are chances that the immigration office may suspect that might be assigned to the Yakiniku restaurant. The best way for her to be granted a working visa is to work for a company that has trading with China. But it is very difficult to find a new job in 20 days. So at this point, the smartest way for her to re-apply for a working visa is to prove that the company she is planning to work for has any International Trading Division, separate from the division that runs the restaurant, and a written consent that she will not be assigned to the restaurant division. |
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