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This time around I have a few more complicated questions in hope somebody here on the forum has some experience or knowledge to help me with my issue.
I have been working as a Freelancer in the past few years which worked pretty well for me. Income is pretty steady and I have a lot of freedoms which enabled me to experience living in a lot of places. Of course I spent most of the time in my home country as well as Tokyo, because I really enjoy the life there, have friends and after learning the language life became a lot more interesting. Because of that I would really love to stay permanent in Japan for the upcoming years. Of course the biggest problem about this is to get a visa to make this plan a reality.
The easiest way would be to apply for a job in Japan, but I am hesitant about giving up my current lifestyle as freelancer because of mentioned freedoms and I think the pay is also better than becoming an employee again. As far as I know there is a freelancer visa in Japan, but you can only apply for it if you are already on a working visa and want to switch...and I think Japanese clients are also a requirements for that.
The other option I know of is setting up your own business in Japan to acquire a business manager visa. Downside about that is, that it requires a bigger financial investment and you have to deal with a lot of paperwork, need to rent office space, because you manage a business, taxation becomes also more complicated and so on.
Does anyone on the forum have some personal experiences about this topic or some good advice? Thanks in advance.
I have been working as a Freelancer in the past few years which worked pretty well for me. Income is pretty steady and I have a lot of freedoms which enabled me to experience living in a lot of places. Of course I spent most of the time in my home country as well as Tokyo, because I really enjoy the life there, have friends and after learning the language life became a lot more interesting. Because of that I would really love to stay permanent in Japan for the upcoming years. Of course the biggest problem about this is to get a visa to make this plan a reality.
The easiest way would be to apply for a job in Japan, but I am hesitant about giving up my current lifestyle as freelancer because of mentioned freedoms and I think the pay is also better than becoming an employee again. As far as I know there is a freelancer visa in Japan, but you can only apply for it if you are already on a working visa and want to switch...and I think Japanese clients are also a requirements for that.
The other option I know of is setting up your own business in Japan to acquire a business manager visa. Downside about that is, that it requires a bigger financial investment and you have to deal with a lot of paperwork, need to rent office space, because you manage a business, taxation becomes also more complicated and so on.
Does anyone on the forum have some personal experiences about this topic or some good advice? Thanks in advance.