I'm married to my wife who is a Japanese citizen. While I know I can get a spousal visa, I read there are limitations to the amount of work I can do with a dependent visa. As well on this visa I read I am unable to make more income than my spouse, as a result I need to get another visa to work for my US company from Japan.
For my career, I am a devops engineering manager with 20+ years experience in the IT industry. My company suggested that they are ok with me working remote from Japan and could hire me here as a contractor, however I would have to figure out my own visa to facilitate this, since they would not want to deal with that paperwork or the taxes.
I know I can get an EoR and possibly a freelance work visa, or something else, but I'm not sure what the best path for someone in my situation would be.
For the EoR I would need my company to work with the EoR company, and as a contractor I could establish a contract with my company and deal with my own taxes etc. However, I'm reading to get the freelancer visa to be able to work as a contractor, I need to work in an office and have a contract established with a Japanese company. While my company is based out of the US.
For someone in my position, what do you think would be the best path to working remote in Japan for a US company? Note I have no college degree, but I am on my wife's Koseki so I thought that might help with any needed visa. Thank you kindly for any guidance.
by mrsiesta