I am planning to go to Japan on a student visa to learn Japanese at a language school. I know that they can help with a work permit during my studies. I also know that the work hours are limited. My question is in regards of remote work. I currently have a job in my country in Europe, and I could reduce my work hours to the amount that is permitted on the student visa. I wanted to know if there is an option to do remote work on a student visa and if someone did that already, how did you get the permit approved?
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In theory: Yes, you can get permission to work a remote job as a student.
It's not covered by the usual "blanket" promotion you can apply for at the airport though. You'll need to apply for special permission at immigration after you arrive in Japan. They'll require documentation about your employer, your working hours, and your time tracking.
You also need to be aware that this permission frequently takes up to a month to be granted, so you'll need to put your employment on pause until the process is complete.
How does the time tracking need to look like? Currently I just write the hours and what I did into a software, but my company also has the option to log in and log out with the software we are using to enter our hours.
That's something you'd need to discuss with immigration. There are no fixed/published rules for what counts and what doesn't. They just want to make sure that you have an auditable record of your hours.
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I am planning to go to Japan on a student visa to learn Japanese at a language school. I know that they can help with a work permit during my studies. I also know that the work hours are limited. My question is in regards of remote work. I currently have a job in my country in Europe, and I could reduce my work hours to the amount that is permitted on the student visa. I wanted to know if there is an option to do remote work on a student visa and if someone did that already, how did you get the permit approved?
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