I (31F Filipina) met my man (33M Spanish) online for more than a year now. We plan to live together but we are still deciding and doing some research to know the best option for the both of us. Our goal is to try and live in Japan, earn some money and eventually settled down in Spain.
I am currently based in the Philippines and he is in Spain. I work as a japanese interpreter and works in a Japanese company that allows their employees to be transferred to Japan. He's working in a label printing company, assigned in the design department and kinda has the same job description as a graphic artist.
Since it would be difficult for me to land a job in Spain we decided to check out Japan first. We will meet in Japan when one of us or both of us secured a job.
I will ask my boss next month about the probability of being transferred next year. If I will be transferred, I plan to stay in the company for a year or a little more. (I heard the salary is not that good with little to no savings.) I will transfer and work as a English teacher. I know the salary might be same or lower but my plan is to build my experience as an English teacher and earn the credentials needed to work in Spain so the chances would be higher. I can probably work as an English teacher and do some side hustle as an interpreter to earn more.
I've lived in Japan before and already has an experience as an English teacher so I know the ropes on finding a job and got a network to ask for a job.
My partner plans to find a remote job based in Spain before moving to Japan. In case he can't find a remote job, he's also open working in Japan that's in line with his work. I plan to help him on this and try our best to find him a job before moving. Otherwise, he can be here on a tourist visa and find him a job that can sponsor him. We hope to find other options to take just in case he can't find a remote job, please let us know.
we also plan to use Pareja de hecho visa when we move to Spain which requires a cohabitation of at least year (based on what I searched). I don't know anything much about the other options but if you any, please let us know.
We are in the early part of our research and we might have incorrect information, so we would love to hear your experience and advice. This is our first time navigating this so please be kind. Your advices and help are all welcome. If you made it this far, thank you!
by adultingmadness
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>My partner plans to find a remote job based in Spain before moving to Japan.
That will not get him a visa in Japan. He needs a Japanese employer to sponsor his visa.
>he’s also open working in Japan that’s in line with his work
Graphic design in Japan is ***very*** uh… Let’s go with unique. If he doesn’t have much experience with it he’s not going to have a lot of luck finding a job.
He’s also going to need fairly fluent Japanese in order to get a graphics design job. How much Japanese does he speak?
>Otherwise, he can be here on a tourist visa and find him a job that can sponsor him.
He won’t be allowed to switch from a toursit visa to a working visa. He’ll be required to return to Spain to complete the process.
>My partner plans to find a remote job based in Spain before moving to Japan.
Under what status of residence is he planning on living in Japan? A work oriented status of residence requires a domestic employer after all. Since he’s 33 he is too old for a working holiday.
>he’s also open working in Japan that’s in line with his work
How is his Japanese? I find it hard to believe that anyone with less than JLPT N1 would be able to find full time employment as a graphic designer here.
>Otherwise, he can be here on a tourist visa and find him a job that can sponsor him
Technically looking for work is not an activity that is permitted to tourists. At the very least, if he has able to find something before his 90 days are up, he’d still need to leave to apply for the visa.
Honestly, it sounds like you’re putting a lot of thought and effort into this move and he’s just hand waving away the real challenges he’s going to find in trying to move from Spain to Japan. Presumably he’s fluent in English and given the amount of Spanish loan words in Tagalog I’d imagine he have a lot more opportunities in Metro Manila or Cebu than he would in Japan.
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