Hello, my girlfriend is about to do an internship in Japan. The internship will be located in Tokyo. For her study she has to make atleast 720 hours over a time period of 6 months. So our plan is to stay in Japan for 6 months.
She has contact with the company she wants to do the internship at. They told her she can come "on a tourist visa" and do "a visa run" to stay in Japan for 6 months. She also gets a compensation.
To my knowledge you are allowed to do an internship on a tourist visa but not if you get paid. Is compensation the same as getting paid? Is this standard practise for internships in Japan? I don't want my girlfriend to be banned from Japan or send back home because she has to do the internship on a tourist visa. I also know you can extend your tourist visa in Japan itself instead of doing a "visa run"
I just don't want my girlfriend to do something illegal. So I am asking for your experience and knowledge in this matter. Since I am a bit overwhelmed in all of this.
Thanks you in advence
by JapanTraveler9000