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Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by csomar » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:10 PM UTC

dagw wrote: post #68

csomar wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tip: a photo of your passport and the stamp will most likely do in most circumstances. Much better than risking taking your passport with you all the time.

I cannot think of any circumstances where someone would be demanding to see your passport and then accept a photo of your passport instead. That being said having a photo of your passport and relevant stamps is good advice, but only to make it slightly easier to deal with all the hassel that comes if you do lose your passport.

> I cannot think of any circumstances where someone would be demanding to see your passport and then accept a photo of your passport instead.

Unless you are involved with a particular interaction, they just want to check your visa status. A passport photo/stamp will do if their system is digitized. Arresting someone (except for the US where the police likes to arrest people) is a major hassle.

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by Twisol » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:12 PM UTC

flemhans wrote: post #58

Klonoar wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> they'll be stuck in hotels the entire time they're here. Eh, Tokyo has plenty of monthly apartment rentals that are effectively corporate rentals that you can do without a residence card. (I used to do this before having an actual visa there) It's functionally better than a hotel, insofar as it doesn't read or act as one.

Rented a flat in Tokyo for a month too as a tourist. But it wasn't cheap. Around $1500/month, in 2011. But it was 3 rooms, and very nice. So maybe not so bad, actually? But then again, it was many years ago.

My studio apartment in California is $1500/month. At the same price, I would be in a 3-room Tokyo flat yesterday!

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by CPLX » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:15 PM UTC

flemhans wrote: post #58

Klonoar wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> they'll be stuck in hotels the entire time they're here. Eh, Tokyo has plenty of monthly apartment rentals that are effectively corporate rentals that you can do without a residence card. (I used to do this before having an actual visa there) It's functionally better than a hotel, insofar as it doesn't read or act as one.

Rented a flat in Tokyo for a month too as a tourist. But it wasn't cheap. Around $1500/month, in 2011. But it was 3 rooms, and very nice. So maybe not so bad, actually? But then again, it was many years ago.

That is comically cheap.

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by lmz » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:16 PM UTC

abound wrote: post #74

afavour wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’re just totally different scenarios. Someone looking at a digital nomad visa isn’t looking to stay somewhere in the long term.

But the actual article is about someone trying to live in Japan, the Digital Nomad visa was just seemingly their best option.

They were trying out living in Japan. "I needed more time to judge whether I should take the leap to move there or not."

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by arandomusername » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:17 PM UTC

grecy wrote: post #59

> My first thought was to work remotely and use the 90 days permitted by the tourist visa. Yet working in Japan on this visa is a gray zone at best and a practice I would stay away from. In fact, the US Embassy in Japan strictly advises against this I’ve always wondered why countries care about this. If I’m employed in my home country, earning money there and paying taxes, what difference does it make if I happen to…

> what difference does it make if I happen to sit in another country?

Because you're breaking the law in that country and your country is actually trying to be help you not do that.

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by fragmede » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

Twisol wrote: post #82

flemhans wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rented a flat in Tokyo for a month too as a tourist. But it wasn't cheap. Around $1500/month, in 2011. But it was 3 rooms, and very nice. So maybe not so bad, actually? But then again, it was many years ago.

My studio apartment in California is $1500/month. At the same price, I would be in a 3-room Tokyo flat yesterday!

And that's on the cheaper end of California!

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by synergy20 » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:22 PM UTC

with US passport I can stay in Japan for 90 days without a visa, if I want to work occasionally remotely for jobs at US part time, do I still need go through all the paperwork to get a Nomad visa? what's the purpose of Nomad visa when everyone has a laptop and can work remotely if they want to?

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by maltyr » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:28 PM UTC

synergy20 wrote: post #87

with US passport I can stay in Japan for 90 days without a visa, if I want to work occasionally remotely for jobs at US part time, do I still need go through all the paperwork to get a Nomad visa? what's the purpose of Nomad visa when everyone has a laptop and can work remotely if they want to?

The article addresses this.

> My first thought was to work remotely and use the 90 days permitted by the tourist visa. Yet working in Japan on this visa is a gray zone at best and a practice I would stay away from. In fact, the US Embassy in Japan strictly advises against this:

> Persons found working illegally are subject to arrest and deportation.

> Persons believed to be entering Japan without a working visa but who intend to work here can be denied entry into Japan. This means that you will not exit the airport and will be required to return directly to the U.S.

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by returningfory2 » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:29 PM UTC

arandomusername wrote: post #85

grecy wrote: post #59

> My first thought was to work remotely and use the 90 days permitted by the tourist visa. Yet working in Japan on this visa is a gray zone at best and a practice I would stay away from. In fact, the US Embassy in Japan strictly advises against this I’ve always wondered why countries care about this. If I’m employed in my home country, earning money there and paying taxes, what difference does it make if I happen to…

> what difference does it make if I happen to sit in another country? Because you're breaking the law in that country and your country is actually trying to be help you not do that.

But why is the law this way? Why not permit it?

Re: How I Got a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan

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Post by shintoist » Thu, Oct 24, 2024, 2:32 PM UTC

synergy20 wrote: post #87

with US passport I can stay in Japan for 90 days without a visa, if I want to work occasionally remotely for jobs at US part time, do I still need go through all the paperwork to get a Nomad visa? what's the purpose of Nomad visa when everyone has a laptop and can work remotely if they want to?

If you read the article the author does quote the US embassy in Japan strictly advising against this and that you risk arrest and deportation, that immigration officials do crack down on digital nomads, especially re-entering Japan to renew 90 day tourist visas to work.

A lot of countries have laws against working remotely without a visa, although apart from the US few actively enforce them.