Hi everyone!
Question about transfer abroad and dependent status:
I’m a German citizen who just moved to the UK from Japan with my Japanese husband. He works for a Japanese company and is still enrolled in Shakai Hoken. After we were transferred to the UK I have also remained enrolled through his insurance and pension. I don’t have permanent residency in Japan, but we will get sent back in 5ish years.
Now I want to work part-time in the UK. From what I understand, my eligibility to remain a dependent under Shakai Hoken in Japan depends on staying under the ¥1.3 million annual income limit. So I would only have to report my income to his companies HR? (In Japan I worked full time and wasn’t covered by his insurance, so the whole process is new to us)
His company has told us they don’t want me to work in the UK because it is too complicated and none of the “wives” have ever worked while abroad.
My main concern is keeping the pension payments, since I already have private health insurance here in the UK.
For some extra info, we are planning to have kids in the next 1-2 years, so keeping those pension contributions is important as I won’t have any through the UK system.
Has anyone here worked part-time abroad while keeping dependent status under Shakai Hoken in Japan?
Anything else we are missing?
I realize this is very specific but since his company isn’t helpful we are worried that I’ll get kicked off the insurance and then I won’t be able to join anymore because I don’t have residency currently in Japan.
TLDR:
Looking for sb who worked abroad while covered under Shakai Hoken as a dependent in Japan.
by ihavenosisters