I'm a current licenced K-12 ESL teacher in the USA interested in living in Japan for a few years with my wife. I'm 38 and wife is 36. We are both financially independent with around $2 million in equities. While I know the pay is …horribly…terribly…ridiculously low…I'm thinking about searching for an ESL job around Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, or Saitama at a small private International school or Eikaiwa. Seems like most pay between ¥225,000-300,000/ month.
Here are my questions:
#1 Would this salary be enough to even sponsor a dependent visa?
#2 Would our savings ($2 million portfolio) count towards any income requirement for the dependent visa? …We plan on living off that money in Japan anyway.
#3 It seems very likely I will have to complete the paperwork/ procedures to sponsor the dependent visa after I arrive and start working in Japan… so during that time can my wife come over and live with me on a Specified visa: Designated activities (Long Stay for sightseeing and recreation)? After the dependent visa paperwork (COE..etc) is ready my wife could make a trip back to the USA and apply for the dependent visa.
#4 Any idea how long it takes the Japanese consulate in Washington DC to process and issue a dependent visa after all documents are submitted? A week?
Thanks in advance!
by CodeAccomplished4626