Hi all! 22m from Australia here
I’ve been looking at doing a work holiday visa in Japan from around april 2026 – april 2027 and I’m just finding it all a bit confusing so I was hoping some of you guys with experience doing this could answer a couple questions.
A bit of background I’ve travelled before to Asia and across Europe but never actually stayed/lived in a place. I have years of experience in customer service roles and a little bit in hospitality and a degree in social work but i’m assuming that’s useless overseas.
I’ve been wanting to know do most people use an agency to organise their travels? I’ve been considering using an agency just for the ease of having everything sorted out for me or having someone to walk my through the steps but they charge outrageous amounts
If you organised everything by yourself how did you find the process of getting a visa, setting up a bank account, tax file number, enrolling your residence etc. Is it easy to figure out or a bit tricky
How did you go about finding a job?
If your job didn’t come with accomodation how did you find accomodation?
Any advice is hugely appreciated
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