Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!komachi.sp.cs.cmu.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!53.200.244.43.ap.yournet.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Teaching (work visa) Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 04:17:16 +0900 Lines: 39 Message-ID: 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: 53.200.244.43.ap.yournet.ne.jp (43.244.200.53) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1066763837 30444365 43.244.200.53 (16 [51151]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:6739 On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 16:45:23 +0200, Jean-Marc Desperrier belched the alphabet and kept on going with: >Michael Cash wrote: >> Anyway, I needed a spouse visa so I could go to work. But I needed to >> show some proof of gainful employment to help the spouse visa thingy >> along. Catch-22. > >First time, I read you need employment to get a spouse visa. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/05.html#b Scroll halfway down and look at 1 b. >And I think the case of gaijin wifes coming to Japan without any intent >to work is very frequent, so it *is* really strange. Japan would never have a sexist policy. Never. > >You say you could have had it easily before coming, but needed the >employment because you were already in japan with a tourist visa. >But it doesn't help me make more sense of it. I *had* an income before coming. I had *no* income after arriving. > >Is that an outdated thing or an unofficial requirement ? Probably both and neither. >So does this only apply to men, or to cases where the japanese national >spouse does not work ? Probably both.