From: "Dustin C" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <447d0ca6$1@news.starhub.net.sg> <1149259859.170518.269080@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: multiple visa applications Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 13:02:29 +0800 Lines: 75 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 NNTP-Posting-Host: 218.212.248.86 Message-ID: <4482696b$1@news.starhub.net.sg> X-Trace: 4 Jun 2006 13:02:35 +0800, 218.212.248.86 Organization: StarHub Internet Pte Ltd Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!CALA-MUZIK!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsgate.cuhk.edu.hk!newsvr.starhub.net.sg!news.starhub.net.sg!218.212.248.86 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:163179 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" wrote in message news:1149259859.170518.269080@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > 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 :-) :-( >