Work & skilled
Employment and skilled-worker routes to Japan.
3 Japanese resources in this topic
Visa routes
- Japan work and long-term stay visasVisa route
An overview of the work and long-term-stay routes, which in principle require a Certificate of Eligibility before you apply for the visa itself.
- Engineer / Specialist in Humanities / International ServicesVisa route
The main white-collar work status for professionals in engineering, IT, the humanities and internationally-oriented roles requiring specialist knowledge or skills.
- Specified Skilled Worker (i) and (ii)Visa route
A status introduced in 2019 to bring capable workers into designated Japanese industry fields facing labour shortages, across two levels of skill and permitted stay.