Working Holiday Visa in Japan

Your country has no working holiday arrangement with Japan, so this route is not open to you. Look at our Skilled Migration route for Japan instead.

The programme runs only through bilateral arrangements. The United States, China, Brazil, India and every African country are outside it. If you hold a second nationality, check that one; the Japanese embassy for your country can confirm the current list.

An ordinary work status has no age limit: it needs a degree in a field related to the job, or ten years' experience, and an employer. Specified Skilled Worker tests skills and Japanese by exam instead, in sectors such as care, food service and construction. Our Skilled Migration route for Japan covers both, and our Diaspora & Religious Return route covers Japanese ancestry. J-Find gives recent graduates of top-100 universities up to two years to job-hunt.

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