Employment in Japan

With the current trend today, more and more Filipinos are seeking to find employment abroad. Some opt to migrate permanently and some opt to work abroad just to alleviate their financial status.

Many Filipinos are very hardworking. Many Filipinos are highly-skilled. However, for Filipinos who look to work abroad, not all are given equal opportunities. Whether they be Nurses, IT Professionals, Engineers, Teachers, etc. luck and money often are big factors on getting employment abroad. And I believe that having the right information divulged to everyone, in some ways, diminishes the aforementioned factors.

I am a software engineer who works here in Japan. And I am going to share some information, for those who seek it, on how I got here and found work.

Remember these things as a guide on how to find employment in Japan. I will be updating this blog from time to time for it to become better organized and consequently become more useful. As for now, I am just going to give you a rough picture of how I got here.

1. For my first visit in Japan, I came with a 3-month "Business Visa". I acquired this business visa because I already had a Japanese employer in the Philippines. I was sent on a 3-month business trip to Japan.

Documents needed: Passport, University Records (TOR), [Past] Employment Record, Resume

For the business trip, our company in the Philippines acquired the services of Discovery Tours in Makati to process my visa application.

2. After the 3-month business trip, I went back to the Philippines. That time I already had a COE (Certificate of Eligibility) which was applied for by my employer in Japan. I also had a CONTRACT to work at our Japan office (The company I work for has offices in the Philippines and in Japan).

I appied for an 3-year Engineer's visa (again, Discovery Tours) and then I applied for OFW status at POEA (with me are my COE, Contract, Engineer Visa and other relevant papers).

This was basically how I found employment in Japan. But there are other ways. And I will be writing about them including FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) on how to apply for work here in Japan.

Thank you for reading my post. I hope this helped. And do watch out for my next entries.

Arigatou Gozaimasu.