Edit: as mentioned, I do have a university degree.
I'm nearing a deal with a Japanese company willing to sponsor my visa, however I'm in a tricky pickle. In the CV I sent I had a bit more work history for a self-employed position. It's through a service but it's not W2 so I need to play self-employment tax and my first paystub didn't over half a year since I wrote down when I started doing work on that service. The reason I'm worried about all this is for a few reasons
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I was unemployment for a while in the "span" that I wrote I worked at the said service. Does immigration check tax documents? Because if they assume I was making money while I was unemployed, then that would make them think I was commiting unemployment fraud in my state. Like I said I wasn't doing this cause I didn't start getting paid through this service months after the date that I started. Is this something to worry about? I was told they totally skip over work verification if I have a college degree (which I do) but I want to be extra sure about this since someone else told me that this all goes to permanent work history for future residency. Am I better off just being honest or saying something like "well I didn't get paid UNTIl xyz"?
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I'm also waiting to see if I get accepted to a government teaching program (JET). I'm not sure how they do visas since they're government based. What would happen if both things were to happen simultaneously? I didn't even mention this job on that application since it wasn't relevant so I'm not too worried, but can only one visa be processed at a time? The nightmare situation for me would be that I get into JET but the visa for this job gets rejected on the grounds of not having correct work history and then I don't get into JET because of it.
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I made some money in Japan on a tourist visa without knowing I wasn't allowed to do it on the freelance service (I contacted HR and they gave me the go-ahead, and I'm hitting my head not thinking of the legality). Would they check this? If so I'd rather withdraw my application from this company if it's gonna be a legal issue. I really regret not doing more research. Is this something worth worrying about? I AM NOT PROMOTING THIS and I want people to never make this mistake again. I barely made any money so in hindsight I would have been better off not doing this at all. I just want to clarify whether me doing this can cause issues down the road and I will never do it again. That's a promise.
Curious how I should proceed. It's a great job and I'm honored to be this close to an offer, but I don't want to be banned from Japan or something. Would getting a visa lawyer be a good idea to check this? I'm not sure why I can't find a ton of info.
I appreciate everyone's grace <3. If you all think it's best to simply withdraw my application I will do so.
by agarijones