Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed2.dti.ad.jp!newsfeed1.dti.ad.jp!jpix!news0.dion.ne.jp!feed1.dion.ne.jp!news1.dion.ne.jp!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Dave Fossett" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: Subject: Re: Rhetorical Visa Question (No Kidding) Lines: 29 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: <7tuDb.1900$747.520@news1.dion.ne.jp> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:53:15 +0900 NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.222.75.243 X-Trace: news1.dion.ne.jp 1071543235 218.222.75.243 (Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:53:55 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 11:53:55 JST Organization: DION Network Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:9000 "Haluk Skywalker" wrote: > I'm a freelance translator, who resides in Japan but works with translation > agencies in Turkey only. > I have an account in Citibank. My agencies in Turkey deposit my weekly > paycheck to my Citibank account and I withdraw the money in Japan. Although > I pay shit load of banking commission; I don't care. Money's comin', so no > problem. > So basically, 100% of my income is from Turkey. I am not working in Japan. I > live there with tourist visa, leave the country every three months and come > back. > > Practically I am not in ihou taizai or do I? And the only tax I am subject > to is 5% zeikin, right? I'm not a lawyer either, but it sounds like you would be working on a tourist visa, which is not allowed. Don't you get a lot of difficult questions asked at immigration each time you re-enter Japan? And just pray that you don't suddenly need medical treatment in Japan, as without health insurance, you will probably be turned away by most places. -- Dave Fossett Saitama, Japan