Japanese Immigration Point System
The Yomiuri reports that the Japanese government is working on an immigration point system, which aims to make it easier for skilled foreigners to come and live in Japan:
the point system is expected to cover foreigners working in the fields of academic research, advanced expertise and technology and business management.
The government is likely to provide an evaluation system to conduct an objective rating on a 100-point scale.
For example, under the category of business management, the government is likely to allocate 35 points for a candidate’s academic background; 15 points for working career; 35 points for annual income and 15 points for the candidate’s status at his or her current company.
The government is expected to add bonus points according to Japanese language skill and previous places of employment. The pass line is expected to be 70 out of 100 points.
There are also a few proposals that will help foreigners who are already living here:
- — Easing the conditions to obtain permanent residency, so that persons may apply after living in Japan for a consecutive three to five years, instead of the current 10 years.
- – Extending the period of stay to five years for people holding visas of up to three years.
- – Allowing such workers to be accompanied by their financially-dependent parents and their employees, such as maids.
- – Eliminating the 28-hour per week work limit for dependent spouses.
The original Japanese version of article can be found here.
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