MMoving to Japan

Language school wants proof of employment. I havent told my employer that I plan on leaving. What can i do?

  • May 9, 2025

The language school i selected wants my employment history including proof from my current employer. I havent told my employer that i plan on leaving in a few months and i didnt plan to until the last month for obvious reasons. How can I get around this? Is it normal for them to ask proof of employment?

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8 comments

  1. Did you ask what they would accept as proof? Based on the sub, you’re outside Japan, so it’s not like there’s some standardized international proof of employment. You could probably just show them your last paystub.

  5. I was in this exact same situation when I applied.

    I was employed and applied in January/February for the October semester, but there was a risk of having my application rejected, CoE rejected, or visa rejected, so I wanted to avoid resigning until I had *everything* lined up.

    I simply asked my employer if they could provide a statement of income: ” Bob Smith is currently employed at AwesomeSoft as a Fullstack Engineer with a total base base salary of $123,456.” complete with the header/footer/signature on usual company documents.

    I simply told them I was looking at renting a new apartment and they required it (yes, it is normal in the US for apartments to ask for this when applying). A little white lie but really doesn’t matter IMO.

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    In the end, it turned out my employer was very supportive and would have given me anything I needed if I had just asked.

  6. No idea where you’re from, but where i’m from you can just request your local HR office for a “proof of employment” for literally anything. I’ve needed them to apply to (travel) visas, bank accounts, etc.

    I don’t really see what would be wrong about asking your employer about “proof of employment” lol, even if the school or whatever decided to call (which they definitely won’t anyway) – they’d just ask for a confirmation that X works there.

  7. I simply asked the company for a proof of employment, no reason. My company didnt ask, proof of employment is used for many things so they didnt care.

  8. “Here are the last n months of my paystubs. I’m still employed but will resign before I come to language school.”

    Very simple.

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