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Training Visa
Eligibility
Not only the applicant but also the implementing organization should comply with the set of requirements. For this reason, there are two separate lists of prerequisites that must be met in order to receive a training visa: one for the applicants themselves, the other one for the implementing company. Below we will provide the generalized outline of important items. A very detailed description of all the requirements and qualifications can be obtained from the immigration service of Japan.
Applicant
An applicant must be at least 18 years old.
The technology, skills, or knowledge that the applicant wants to obtain should be impossible or extremely hard to obtain in the region of their residence.
After the return from Japan, the applicants should apply the technology, skills, or knowledge that they acquired in Japan in their country.
The technology, skills, or knowledge that an applicant wants to acquire should not be those that are learned through repetition of a simple work.
All the activities that applicant intends to perform during the training should be allowed for the holder of the Japan training visa. Those include learning and acquisition of the technology, skills, and knowledge from a public or a private organization in Japan.
Organization
The implementing organization should provide a trainer, who is a full-time employee of this company and has minimum 5 (five) years of experience in the technology, skills, and knowledge that a trainee wished to learn.
The number of trainees in an organization should comply with the set full-time / trainee quotas.
Over 301 employees: 1/20 of the full-time employees
201-100 employees: 15 trainees
101-200 employees: 10 trainees
51-100 employees: 6 trainees
Less than 50 employees: 3 trainees
Duration of Japan training visa.
The duration of your visa depends on the duration of your training. Usually, it is from six months to three years.
What kinds of organizations take trainees?
There are two kinds of such organizations – individual enterprises (also known as implementing organizations or (a) type organizations) and supervising organizations (or (b) type organizations). The first one takes trainees directly into the company from overseas companies, joint venture companies, and business partners. The second one redirects trainees to their partner companies that are implementing organizations usually represented by such non-profit organizations as chambers of commerce and industry or small business associations.
#Technical intern visa is meant to bring foreign workforce in Japan for training and professional education at the workplace. This visa is granted for a maximum of three years and presumes that after the training the trainee will bring the newly acquired skills and knowledge to their home country.
Intern visa is granted to the employees of organizations that have agreements about the training programs with the partners in Japan. Thus, it is impossible to apply for this kind of visa as an individual without the support of the company with established business connections in Japan.