My wife is moving to Japan under the HSP visa, and we are trying to figure out what the requirements would be for me to maintain my dependent visa, as it seems there are special privileges granted to HSP visa holder spouses. In general, the requirements that I have seen are that the dependent of the visa holder must still be financially dependent and have income below a certain threshold (1.3 million yen from what I understand, though doesn't seem to be a hard number anywhere).
However, the spouse of an HSP visa holder is also allowed to work in the same industry (I believe the same industry, though I have also seen it listed as any white-collar roles) as the visa holder full-time which would be nearly impossible to stay below the supposed income threshold. Considering my background and education is substantially different than my wife's I would likely not be able to work in the same industry (think robotics vs. medical), which gives me pause.
I would like to work in Japan with my current skillset and experience, but don't want to cause any issues with renewals of the dependent visa because my income is too high. Does anybody know what really changes for the dependent of an HSP visa holder compared to a regular work visa?
by harveytheham