Thanks for your reply DM

I am still plugging away at the degree, doing 1 unit per period whilst 
working full time, so yes it will get finished but will take a while.....

The majority of my experience is relevant, and the skill set required for 
the role I believe is relatively hard to find. However I have not had any 
luck getting info from immigration (via attorney)
stating what is relevant experience, and if I resubmit after I have 120 
months experience whether it will be rejected or not. From what you said 
Declan about the people that work there, it seems I will never get that 
info....

It is an IT role within a bank, so yes it is financial services, but as you 
said below I would have thought that they would have been a little more 
lenient.

thanks again.

"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Dustin C wrote:
>> 32 Australian, degree halfway there, about 10 months short of 10 years
>> experience. Have an offer to work for a bank in Tokyo.
>
> Is there any reason why you just can't complete the undergraduate
> degree? Almost all Oz daigakus offer evening or distance options. Would
> make everything a lot simpler, and possibly quicker.
>
>> Visa was applied for (by bank's attorneys) and subsequently rejected due 
>> to
>> lack of experience (I had letters substantiating about 98 of 120 months
>> experience).
>
> One thing that should be noted is that the "10 years experience" is
> weighted differently for different fields. IT is considered a priority,
> and in my experience Immigration has been prepared (2003-2005) to OK
> changes of visa status (from shugaku) for engineer visas for people
> without a bachelor's degree but with less than 10 years of relevant
> work experience. Whether financial services would also be exempted can
> depend on the type of work performed, length of experience, and what
> the educational experience or background of contemporary applicants
> have. Your post doesn't indicate anything in terms of background, or
> whether there is a skills shortage on this side.
>
>> If a visa application has been rejected once - due to not meeting 10 
>> years
>> experience, if I resubmit it with 10 years experience is it likely to be
>> approved? - Eg Ministry of immigration have said I didn't meet 10 years
>> requirement, so they rejected the application. When I resubmit  with 10
>> years, do you think it would be approved (as I have gone and remedied the
>> reason the first application was declined) or are they likely to find
>> something else wrong with the application?
>
> Depends entirely on the "something else".
>
>> Does one rejected application = a higher chance of another rejection (for
>> work visas and even holiday visas) in the future?
>
> Yes. But depending on the circumstances of the rejection. Japan doesn't
> have an immigration policy, so there is no points system similar to
> that in Australia and *officially* at least everything is assessed on a
> "case by case" basis.
>
>> I know these are tough questions to provide answers on, (being that none 
>> of
>> you probably work at the immigration department! -if anyone knows anyone 
>> who
>> does that would be great)
>
> I know 3 people who work in Immigration. They have no clue what the
> requirements are either :-) :-(
>