Japan’s Ministry of Justice has announced that highly skilled professionals from other countries will be subject to a simpler track when planning to travel to this country.
A new simplified visa dedicated to internationals will be granted to those who meet specific conditions, including having an income of a total of (US$148,000) as a master’s degree, VisaGuide.World reports.
In addition, they will also qualify for a permanent visa after one year of residency, following the new scheme introduced by authorities in Japan, which has been considered by the government among the best in the world.
At present foreign nationals are eligible to benefit from a five-year highly skilled professional visa, under the point-based system, according to South China Morning Post.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has said that the new system would recognize expanded preferential treatment to those with top-level abilities.
Authorities in Japan plan to apply new changes in April, after taking into consideration the opinion of the public.
Following the current system, introduced in 2012, over 34,726 people obtained Japan’s five-year visa through June last year, of them a total of 16,131 living in Japan as of that month. These kinds of visas, dedicated to skilled foreigners are granted for three types of activity:
Advance academic research
Advanced specialised/ technical activities
Advanced business and management activities
According to South China Morning Post, the new changes will permit the government of Japan to grant visas to applicants engaged in the fields mentioned above, if they have a master’s or a higher degree and an annual income of a total of 20 million yen or more or an employment record of at least ten years and an income of at least 20 million yen.
Those applying for advanced business and management can benefit from the five-year visas provided they have an employment register of at least five years as well as an annual income of 40 million yen.
Authorities in Japan are also planning to facilitate the process of seeking jobs in Japan for foreign talents.
Despite the situation caused by the Coronavirus, authorities in Japan registered a total of 1.82 million foreign workers for a period from January until October last year, an increase of 5.5 per cent compared to 2021’s figures, based on the government’s data.
Still, last year’s statistics show that the year-on-year increase was significantly below the 13.5 per cent rose registered before the spread of the Coronavirus and its new variants.
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