Bonjour, je suis partis au Japon 15 jours, je suis rentré hier. Avant ce voyage, je voulais vivre au Japon dans les 3 ans, après ce voyage, je veux y vivre définitivement le plus vite possible.
En effet, je me sens assez mal en France, je me sentais très très bien au Japon, j'ai ma copine là bas.
Et donc je pose cette question, par quel moyen peut on vivre au Japon? Et le plus vite possible?
J'ai 19 ans, je rentre en LEA Anglais Allemand, j'ai fais cela pour y avoir une chance d'y vivre dans 3 ans, c'est la seule fac de langue dans ma ville..
Donc j'ai envie de vivre au Japon, je voulais savoir par exemple : si j'y vais le 1 juillet jusqu'au 31 aout l'année prochaine, puis je trouver du travail? Sachant que ma copine peut m'aider fortement à chercher.
J'ai beaucoup appris la langue japonaise, et je compte apprendre 3 kanjis par jour, j'en connais environ 100, je trouve la langue assez simple mis à part l'écriture. Et donc, peut on vivre au Japon en parlant japonais?
Pour les diplomes j'ai un Bac S. Quelqu'un làbas m'a dit que je pouvais apprendre en privée les mathématiques car pas besoin du japonais ou très peu.
Peut on également trouver un job en tant que 'professeur de francais privée'
Autre cas, en cas de mariage avec ma copine, j'ai plus de chance d'y vivre?
Car c'est un important projet que l'on a.. (bref pas de commentaire du genre 'tu as que 19 ans etc. svp ^^)
Bref vivre au Japon, est pour moi, une obligation. Je ne peux m'imaginer vivre en France.. C'est étonnant mais bon.
Ah autre chose, je sais que j'y étais en touriste, mais j'assume que je veux toujours y travailler malgré les points faibles du pays, c'est juste que je me sens à mon aise là bas.
je vais etre direct ton projet est voue a l'echec, licence lea anglais allemand...
au japon si tu veux travailler il te faut un VISA qui permet de travailler, sans sa ba tu travail au noir si tu te fais prendre tu est banni du pays pendant 5 a 10 ans voir black stamp sur le passeport et ficher a l'immigration dans certains cas...
dans ton cas trouver un visa de travail est impossible car il te faut au MOINS une licence universitaire (et LEA tu ne trouvera pas d'employeur qui voudront t'embaucher), ou 10 annees d'experiences dans un domaine specifique...
Donc comme tu dois le savoir deja sur le marche du travail francais un BAC S c'est voue a pointer a l'anpe alors imagine sur le marche de l'emploi a l'international...
Passe une certification de ton niveau de ljaponais (JLTP) ensuite fait des etudes autres que des etudes de langue, (savoir parler plusieurs langues c'est bien sur un CV mais si tu n'a aucune competence et bien tu sers a rien du coup pourquoi un employeur ferai de longues et fastidieuses demarche pour t'obtenir un visa?)
Les domaines qui on le vent en poupe malgres la crise, le marketing, l finance, la RH, la cuisine (a l'etrangerc'est un super poste cuistot)...
Apres ton histoire de mariage etant moi meme marier je vais t'expliquer en deux seconde ta copine et toi vous allez devoir ramener des papier a sa mairie (celle de sa circonsription) vous signez et vous etes marier, tu fais deux trois demarche a l'ambassade de france et ensuite tu vas a l'immigration pour obtenir ton visa, c'est la que sa se complique en plus d'un dossier beton qu'il te faudra ramener(certificat de mariage est mariage ne veux pas dire visa obligatoirement , plusieurs connaissance se sont retrouvees danns se cas marie mais ineligible au visa)
lecon MARIAGE ne veux PAS DIRE VISA
reflechis bien moi je donne des conseils parceque meme si jamais tu obtiens un visa mariage (valable une annee la premiere demande) et bien quand tu voudra le renouveler il faudra aporter des preuves de ton integration dans la societe (j'entend par preuve une jolie declaration de taxe plus tu paie de taxe plus tu as un bon taf plus ton renouvelement est facile) voila...
apres plus simple niveau visa que de te marier tu fais un Working holliday au japon(et la comme un grand tu tape WH japon sur google et la magie opere 2 million de reponse) c'est valable une annee (c'est valable qu'une fois dans ta vie)et sa te permet de travailler d'etudier et surtout de voir si ce pays te plais parceque la 3 semaine un mois meme 3 mois excuse moi mais tu n'as aucune idee de l'endroit ou tu as mis les pied...
Je connais plein de jeunes (je suis jeune aussi je te rassure) qui debarquent sans diplome universitaire se marie et apres galere en etant des pseudo prof ou des serveur ...
Sinon aussi pour etre prof particulier il y a des sites specialise et rien qu'a tokyo l'offre est LARGEMENT superieur a la demande le japon n'est plus un eldorado pour les jeunes professeurs et les postes dans des lycees et universite EXIGENT des BAC +4 ou 5 en FLE ...
voila si tu veux finir a galerer avec moins de 15 man par mois a tokyo et te priver parceque tu souffre d'une impatience chronique ba chacun son style de vie...
mais sache qu'une expatriation reussi , vient d'un interessement a la culture ensuite de se que tu peux apporter a cette culture et la avec ton bac S a part un gaijin de plus au japon je vois pas ce que tu apportes...
plus d'info par MP
You know what? BEND OVER
Les gens te demandent comment faire pour s'expatrier et si leur projet est viable, tu repond honnetement et tu te fais insulter...
Traveller n'y a pas été avec le dos de la cuillère, mais il a parfaitement raison, et il vous a donné d'excellents conseils.
Vous vous êtes senti à l'aise au Japon parce que vous y étiez pour seulement 15 jours, en touriste, sans obligation, sans problème de papier, de travail, de transport, de routine quotidienne, du regard des gens sur votre façon de vivre et votre situation, etc.
J'ajouterai que le fait de vous expatrier ne va pas résoudre vos problèmes en France, vous allez les emporter avec vous, et ils vont vous encombrer ...
Je sais que ce commentaire vous sera désagréable, mais vous n'avez en effet que 19 ans, donc du temps pour a) apprendre sérieusement le japonais (qui est en effet assez simple si l'on veut juste communiquer au jour le jour mais diablement compliqué si l'on veut maîtriser la langue, surtout dans un contexte professionnel), b) vous renseigner sur les possibilités sérieuses de trouver du boulot et vous installer là-bas.
Excellent resume! En effet, pour avoir un visa au Japon, il faut montrer pate blanche. A part le WH, pour les autres types de visa, la selection est severe et il faut un niveau d'etudes superieures minimum. En gros, il faut demontrer que l'on va apporter un plus au pays et qu'on ne sera pas un boulet pour la societe. Dans mon cas, entre le moment ou j'ai decide de venir au Japon (a 19 ans, comme vous) et le moment ou j'ai pu y habiter, il s'est ecoule 4 ans, le temps de finir mes etudes qui m'ont permis de trouver une place de stagiaire dans le cadre de mes etudes, puis une place de VIE, puis un contrat de travail local, puis un contrat d'expatrie.
Un tel projet prend du temps, beaucoup de temps, enormement de travail et un peu de chance. Mais il faut etre clair: il y a de plus en plus de candidats et de moins en moins d'elus, crise oblige.
Un autre conseil: soyez humble devant la langue. Vous semblez penser que c'est facile. Vous connaissez 100 kanjis, ce qui correspond au savoir d'un enfant de 7 ans. Quand au parle....c'est beaucoup plus difficile que vous ne semblez le croire. J'ai pris plus de 1, 000 heures de cours, je travaille en japonais depuis des annees, et on parle japonais a la maison, et j'ai encore du mal. Cette langue est extremement difficile.
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