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Japan · Student or trainee
Student route: school-led Certificate of Eligibility, stay up to 4 years 3 months, part-time work capped at 28 hours a week
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Japan has real routes for skilled trades (Specified Skilled Worker) and professionals, but the trainee system is being replaced on 1 April 2027, most routes need an employer or school first, and Specified Skilled Worker (i) generally does not allow family to join. Many figures (fees, caps, student rules) were not confirmed from official pages so far.
Certificate of Eligibility steps, stay limit and part-time work rules are confirmed from the official student portal. Admission level, Japanese level, fees, processing time and scholarship terms were not verified.
Open the full Japan reference: living in Japan, research topics, community links and the complete practical layer, each with its source and date.
Everyday language is not the same as the language you must prove for a route. See the recorded language requirement for your choices.
Choosing an option here means you are exploring and preparing. It does not submit an application and it does not show that you are eligible.
Study in Japan; entry requirements NOT VERIFIED. Work needs separate permission and is capped.
Main condition: Permission to engage in work outside the status is required (apply at the Regional Immigration Services Bureau or at the port of entry for stays over 3 months)
Choose an option first. Conditions belong to a particular route, and we will not assume the first one is yours.
No passport set. Add it with in the route bar to see whether we hold document steps for it.
Insurance, medical, housing and travel requirements for Japan, with sources.
Documents are prepared before you apply. Your passport country and the country that issues a document can be different.
Which documents you need depends on the option you choose. Choose an option to see its documents. Only items that are not tied to one option are shown now.
General practical advice, not an official requirement.
Each site is listed with what it is for and who runs it. An information page is not an application form.
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Open the full directory of government services for Japan, with filters by purpose and language.
We do not yet publish an eligibility checker for this track. The route pages above carry the full requirement list from the official source.
