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搬到日本的DOS和不做者

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Ria is an avid writer who is currently teaching English in southwest Japan. She loves helping new teachers and expats get settled in.

在搬到日本之前确保工作和住房

一些外籍人士倡导日本在旅游签证到工作狩猎。虽然这在技术上是可能的,如果你在旅游签证上进入日本,虽然在旅游签证上,但在不离开该国并转到日本领事馆的情况下,您可能无法切换到工作签证。(日本政府技术上禁止在旅游签证中禁止进入该国,目的是获得工作的意图,有些移民官员对这条规则非常严格地解释。)

此外,确保公寓可能需要时间,而且您想要的最后一件事就是在尝试开始新的工作时跳过宿舍或朋友的沙发。对自己,钱包和可能你的新雇主的负担不值得。您不需要追踪您的梦想工作,立即使用助理语言教师(ALT)布置公司,eikaiwa英语学校,或其他普通雇主进入日本并确保某种收入,然后在你到达后开始寻找更好的东西。大多数招聘海外的公司都有一些能力帮助您保护您的第一个公寓和签证,而较小的雇主可能不会。

Do Study Japanese

你不需要在日语中流利的中途搬到日本,但你至少需要基础知识。确保您可以阅读Katakana,Hiragana和几个基本的Kanji,例如Kanji为“Station”和一周中的日子。如果您甚至无法阅读或写出您自己的名称,您将不会激发邻居或新雇主的信心。

While Google Translate is great in a pinch, it can cause major misunderstandings, especially if its speech translation feature gets something wrong. Yoursempais or other more skilled speakers will also start to lose patience with you if you're constantly relying on them for translation instead of making an effort to learn yourself. Make sure you have enough basic survival phrases in your pocket that you can handle grocery shopping, riding the bus or train, and emergencies.

由于日本文化重点重视尊重和礼貌,如果您可以使用礼貌的短语,您将获得布朗尼积分。即使是像“Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu”这样的基本情况也会有助于您对新邻居发出良好的印象。当你犯错误时,道歉中的认真“Sumimasen”也可以提供帮助。

不要懈怠移民程序

老师,你来了一个学生签证六世吗sa, humanities visa, or something else? What are your work restrictions? What paperwork do you have to show to get your visa renewed? What are the procedures to follow if you want to leave and re-enter the country?

而日本人移民局有一个英语网站,可能有适用于您的情况的特殊规则,您应该在怀疑时随时与您的雇主或大学仔细检查。主要经验法则是始终将您的居留信息更新,缴纳税收,并在更改工作时通知您当地的移民局。

Working under-the-table in Japan can cause major problems with your work visa, and simply informing Immigration that you've started a new job may not be enough. In some cases, foreigners have been deported for waiting too long to inform Immigration that they started a new part-time job that was otherwise perfectly legal. Be extremely careful to follow all appropriate timelines, especially if you have to change visa types in order to start a new job.

刷上基本举止

在你甚至脱离飞机之前,请确保你准备好尽力而为,而不是惹恼你的新邻居!通读basic guides to Japanese etiquette, even if you've been to the country before. If you speak Japanese, make sure you remember how to properly use all that fancy polite language you learned before you try charming any airport immigration officers.

记住:你的赌注对你来说甚至更高,而不是游客。虽然日本可能是一个非常宽容的国家,但涉及外国人的奇怪方式,他们会慢慢失去对重复的错误,特别是如果你是一个美国的教育学或经理。

Don't Get in Trouble

虽然日本在令人轻微的礼仪违规方面相当宽容,但在犯罪时,它的宽恕远不那么宽容。承诺犯罪并没有为您提供免费机票 - 它几乎总是在距离旅行时间,你的祖国大使馆将无法让你出去。

日本严格地带来药物,包括处方药,所以确保check all applicable rules在进入这个国家之前。即使是一些过度柜台的咳嗽药物也可以用海关官员造成主要麻烦。在其他国家是非法的毒品也几乎总是在日本违法,而对于日本警察逮捕外国人并不是闻所未闻,因为有人回国决定用非法好吃的东西派“护理包”。

饮酒和驾驶在这里也是一个严重的罪行 - 与许多国家不同,日本在饮酒后骑自行车的人发出问题。在日本,尽可能少的啤酒消耗可能导致你被指控犯罪,而且罚款通常涉及监狱时间除了罚款。日本的DUI是失去工作,储蓄和自由的最快方式,所以不要冒险。

Remember: as a foreigner, you will likely stand out, and may even be subject to some profiling by police. As unfair as it is, you may not get away with the same things your Japanese neighbors do, so don't take the risk!

Do Have a Plan - and a Plan B

Japan is a country that is vulnerable to natural disasters, shifting population centers, and economic changes. If enough young families move away to urban centers, your dream job teaching English to nursery school kids in the middle of a rice field might cease to exist a few months after you arrive. Worse, you could find your area devastated by a natural disaster—with temporary and long-term ramifications for the community.

虽然你可能认为你为生活设置而且永远不需要做出超过一个入门级英语教师薪水,但总是有一个计划生命奇怪的计划。也许计划B只是意味着在储蓄中有足够的钱或足够高的信用卡限制来获得飞机机票。也许计划B意味着转向日本的另一个城市或获得TEFL认证,以便您可以获得更好的工作。

It's worth noting that there aren't many advancement options for Assistant Language Teachers and other entry-level teaching jobs, so if you want to work your way up, start researching your options right away. Some areas of the country might hire you as a supervisor or low-level manager after as few as three or four years, if you have a drivers' license and some Japanese ability.

与Eikaiwa业主,教师和其他外国人联系也是一个好主意。有时他们会了解一个不在英国职位的机会,或者你根本从未想过寻找。

This article is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.

© 2018 Ria Fritz

Comments

Ria Fritz (author)on October 27, 2018:

Hi @Poppy, thanks for reaching out. I was originally referring to tourist visas, not working holiday or student visas, but it appears that even the Japanese government itself has some conflicting information on that matter. At the very least, since it's technically illegal to enter Japan on a tourist visa with the intention of looking for work, some immigration officials allegedly will reject applications for work visas from folks on tourist visas. I also had a British friend who had to leave and re-enter the country just last year in order to get his visa processed after coming in on a tourist visa.

也就是说,我将重新描述文章来反映这一点,因为即使对于像我想的旅游签证似乎似乎不可能。

罂粟from Enoshima, Japan on October 25, 2018:

"You cannot switch to a work visa without leaving the country and going to a Japanese consulate." This depends on the person's country of origin. British people, for example, can switch to a work visa without having to leave the country.

利兹韦斯特伍德来自英国20​​18年10月22日:

对计划搬到日本的任何人的有用建议。

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