Vietnamese working in Japan want to 'upgrade' their visa

Vietnamese couples working for Shizuo Corporation in Hokkaido, Japan.

According to the article, Ms. Chu Thi Suong, 27, was one of the first technical interns recruited by Shizuo Corporation in Hokkaido in 2015. A year after arriving in Hokkaido, she met Mr. Nguyen Duc Thang, 34, on Facebook while he was working at a factory in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. After 3 years as a technical intern, Ms. Suong returned to Vietnam and married Mr. Thang.

When Japan introduced the specified skills visa in 2019, Suong applied for it and was eventually able to return to the country to work for Shizuo. Unlike the technical intern visa, the specified skills visa allows holders to seek employment at other companies. Thang was also granted a specified skills visa to start working for Shizuo. That helped them start their life together in Hokkaido. Their child was born in December 2021.

Three other Vietnamese women who came to Hokkaido with Suong as technical intern trainees have also received specific skills visas and are married to Vietnamese men. Now, the four couples hope to be transferred to a Type II visa so they can live in Japan permanently. According to Suong, the falling yen has reduced the number of Vietnamese people who want to work in Japan, but many still love life in Japan and are not only interested in money.

Also according to Asahi , Shizuo Corporation, a business operating in the fields of farming and construction, is trying to retain Vietnamese workers. Mr. Yutaka Imai, president of Shizuo, said he hopes the Japanese government will expand the type II visa to include all fields that currently use the type I visa.

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