Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!news.join.ad.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.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: <872b34c1.0310181041.255bc982@posting.google.com> <20031020100739.27794.00001086@mb-m04.aol.com> <872b34c1.0310201010.3f419747@posting.google.com> <1g362hh.iedwdn1s0r8jjN%dame_zumari@yahoo.com> <8aaapvga8ettrcjohtc8hb9ddur63fsq2q@4ax.com> Subject: Re: Teaching (work visa) Lines: 15 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: <06ilb.979$l63.630@news1.dion.ne.jp> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:02:13 +0900 NNTP-Posting-Host: 222.1.150.101 X-Trace: news1.dion.ne.jp 1066774012 222.1.150.101 (Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:06:52 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:06:52 JST Organization: DION Network Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6740 Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote: > First time, I read you need employment to get a spouse visa. > And I think the case of gaijin wifes coming to Japan without any intent > to work is very frequent, so it *is* really strange. I don't know whether you *need* employment to get a spouse visa, but the application and approval process seems to put a lot of emphasis on providing proof of income and the previous year's tax returns, which seems to suggest that it would be harder if you weren't employed. -- Dave Fossett Saitama, Japan