Japan: New visa program attracts highly skilled workers.

Japan's Immigration Services Agency announced that Japan plans to issue a new type of visa to facilitate longer-term residency for IT engineers and other foreign company employees in the country.

A candidate for the skilled worker program takes an exam in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. Source: Kyodo

Accordingly, the new visa type has a maximum stay of 6 months for the aforementioned group of workers. This group consists of highly skilled workers who work in Japan remotely, meaning they work for a Japanese company while also participating in extended personal tourism activities in the country.

This work model is also known as digital nomadism. Self-employed individuals will only be eligible for a new visa if they conduct business to generate income overseas; they are permitted to bring family members to Japan if those family members also have private health insurance.

PHUONG AN

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