Japan considers South Koreans as eligible for 2nd working holiday visa

And yet North Americans are NOT granted this status….why do you suppose

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And yet North Americans are NOT granted this status….why do you suppose THAT is

The real questions are why you suppose that all North Americans are treated equally by the Japanese government and vice versa, and why you make general statements without doing your homework.

Working Holiday visas, like all others, are granted on a bilateral basis. The United States does not have a working holiday visa program, and thus, Japan does not offer working holiday visas to Amercans. Canada and Japan have had a bilaterial agreement since 1986 and Canadians have been able to get a second consecutive year of working holiday in Japan since December 1 of last year. Thus, Canadians, as noted in the original article, can be granted this status. As for citizens of other North American nations, you can research this for yourself at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs homepage by searching for The Working Holiday Programmes in Japan.

Perhaps some are not up-to-date on recent developments. Still, reading carefully rather than jumping to conclusions, we can see that Canadians can extend working holiday visas in Japan to a second year and are citizens of one of the only two countries for which citizens can extend their working holiday visas without returning home to apply for the extra year.

And yet North Americans are NOT granted this status….why do you suppose

You could reverse that statement and that would give you the answer.

The US does not participate in the international working holiday system.

BTW Canada is in North America and it does participate.

With Japan’s diminishing workforce, more foreigners are needed to allow Japanese industries to keep up with the world’s industries. And yet, if Japan were to be compared to all of the states in the US, it would be in last place in terms of per capita income.

I stand Corrected

OOps, here comes Trump. USA does not get visitor visa renewal, North Americans do. WA what is the beefburger. T.Y. Roten.. I read it.

Being required to go home is horrible. That means they need to quit the work and move out etc. Once they leave wonder how many plan to come back but don’t and then never return?

Young Koreans stayed at my house in Australia. They worked picking fruit. Nice kids but quite strong in attitudes. They couldnt work on rainy days so told me they wouldnt be able to pay rent for those days.

Me...I took it like the softy I am...