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Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
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Re: Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
#252I don't see how this is worth it given the differences from the tourist visa. Sure it's a "legal" way to work while you're in the country, but the difficulties that already exist is going to make it not worth it. It's hard finding longer-term housing in Japan as a foreigner, much less doing banking. While it might be a nice springboard to find a job locally, the remote types that meet the income requirements are going to make much more working in the US, so why give that up? If it was at least a year, then it might be worth it. If it also had the option to extend it without having to leave, then it would be very attractive.
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#253Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, this is the correct interpretation in a lot of countries, you are performing paid work there regardless of who and where the employer is. Emergencies are all well and good, but turning up at the immigration desk and saying you don’t plan on working when you actually do will lead to trouble in a lot of places.
How do business trips work then?
You get a business visa. I have had several. For some countries they offer Visa Waivers.
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#255Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is it? I know that legally they could deport you so its not a great idea, but how often does someone actually get deported for doing remote work while spending a few months in another country?
Literally never. This topic is one of those things that draws resentful ruleboys out of the woodwork to preach about something they have no firsthand knowledge of because none exists.
No, I think people are missing the wood for the trees here.
The fact that these visas are becoming available means that governments are wising up to the fact that people have been working remotely on tourist visas and want in on it. They want to be able to charge for it, or set a limit on who can do it, or tax it.
Now that these visas exist, and immigration officers know that, it’s only obvious that they’ll start to ask ‘tourists’ if they plan on working remotely or not. You can lie all you want, but if they find evidence (two laptops, notebooks, equipment) then good luck.
What happened in the past is just that.
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#256Earlier quoted context omitted.
Immigration != colonization One is implemented with the will of the people (in a functioning democracy) and the other is not. Equating the two and then correlating that to dog whistle terms like “genetic extermination” which has no scientific basis (except in terms of pest control) is disingeuous. Edit: formatting
I assure you that there is nothing disingenuous in my comment, and not everything is a "dog whistle". A dog whistle for what, if you mind? No people has ever willed to be colonised (and that was the proposal in the comment I replied to). Immigration is a different matter. The people in history who welcomed being colonised were very sorry for it afterwards. Genetic extermination is the same as genocide, and it has hap…
> Genetic extermination is the same as genocide
No, it isn't. Nobody is "exterminating" the Japanese. They're culturally unsustainable.
It's not fucking Genocide when you're doing it to yourself. There's no Panda Holocaust either.
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#257Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not sure about this comment - I think you need to put up examples here. I think your comment is historically true but not up to date with current policies.
Canada, Portugal, Colombia, the US... we'd probably have an easier time making a list of nations that don't have a "pay to play" immigration scheme. Here's a half-decent list: https://www.globalcitizensolutions.com/citizenship-by-invest...
Canada has a large swatch of categories for immigration and does not have high standards across the board.
I have no strong opinions immigration which is a hot topic currently but I do want to clarify that your assertion is incorrect.
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#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
I know that's fine for some countries such as the Philippines (though their tourist visa can be extended so long, it's rarely necessary) but IIRC this doesn't fly in Japan, it's 90 days per year, total, and they're very strict about it.
it is not 90 days total per year, but the officials are strict on it. if they see you were recently in japan they may suspect you of working illegally. they also can say you’ve returned too soon and reject you. not worth the risk imo, even though a i know a few people that have done it successfully so they could study in japan without a year long visa.
> it is not 90 days total per year, but the officials are strict on it.
That may have been what I was thinking, I recall on my first trip there, they were pretty strict and wanted to know exactly where I was staying I even had to show them on the map. For my wife's tourist visa we had to apply to a travel agency that was a liaison with the Japan embassy (The Japan embassy required it, you couldn't apply directly in her country) and the process was very tedious, we had to include a day-by-day itinerary, and all kinds of documentation. All that to say I guess when I hear that Japan is strict about something, I just take that as it's not worthwhile to try and get around it.
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You are not comparing apples to apples. “Normal” meals in Thailand are food stalls, $2 per meal if not less. If you’d eat out twice a day in Switzerland, you’d go bankrupt. Same with renting. Short term leases in Switzerland would be astronomical in price. The way you air-quoted “super cheap Thailand” implies that it isn’t cheap to live there at all. It is, as long as you don’t go out of your way to spend extra.
>“Normal” meals in Thailand are food stalls, $2 per meal if not less. I gotta disagree here, that's what low-skilled staff eat on their lunch break. It's usually not very tasty or hygienic (depending on what you order), so westerners only eat this once or twice to try it out before learning their lesson. Then they stick to restaurants which cost $5-12 per meal. Your average western expat spends 30 euros per day on fo…
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Re: Japan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'
#260It's exciting to see progress, but I think 180 days is too short for this to be worthwhile for people who really wanted this. They've leaned heavily into the "nomad" part, but the issue is more of practicality. This visa doesn't come with a Residency Card, which means that getting a traditional lease in Japan is going to be difficult. For 6 months, you'll be on an uphill battle with some services like housing, which…
Length is fine. I am seriously considering it. Properties in rural Japan are VERY cheap (like 20k USD). It makes sense to just buy summer house there. It is pretty good life to spend summers in Japan, and winters somewhere at south.
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