Do not misunderstand, EPA/TIT/SSW is that just giving you an opportunity to get the working VISA. Nobody stays here without a national license.
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Even if you get a special working permit : EPA, TIT, and SSW, you should get working permit (Working VISA).
These special working permits are there is a limit of working term.
How should you get Working VISA?
Summary
The Special working Visa : EPA/TIT/SSW = 5 years working VISA
Working VISA : No limit/acceptance to stay with your Family Partner and child(ren).
I do not want you to lose your time and money, you had better put your head this point.
Introduce
If you do not know Special Working Permit, you should read these articles.
And telling you is focused on caregiver working permit since the caregiver working permit has 3 ways of taking it.
It is the highest to take working permit among others like Hotel, engineer, nurse, etc.
Please do not miss understand, others working permit also almost the same way.
Special Working Permit
Checkpoint
How many years can we work in Japan with The Special working permit?
EPA : must update your VISA each year. Totally, 4 years follow you staying and working.
TIT : Maximum 5 years.
SSW : Maximum 5 years.
Nobody accepts to extend the term anymore.
After 5 years later, you must go home.
So… What should you?
Only the way to stay and work in Japan for a long term is you must get the intentional license during having special working permit for 4 or 5 years.
In the case of a caregiver, you must get a Japan caregiver license within 4 or 5 years.
After getting the License
You have an opportunity to apply to Immigration to switch working permit (Caregiver VISA).
Caregiver VISA :
During work for the caregiver, you can have it.
Accept you to invite your partner and your children, etc.
Another one example
If you work as SSW Hotel worker, You try to get Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services Working Permit.
Wait! If I resigned? What will happen?
The answer to the question is Go home.
There is the same mean you lost your working permit(Caregiver VISA).
I am not sure this story just my guess.
I guess If you have another license or a company offer you and the company gives you any working permit for you, You would keep staying and working for a long time.
I recommend you to ask Japanese Lower before you thinking of it.
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Conclusion
To stay and work in Japan for the long term is an integral to have each Japanese Licenses during you have The Special working permit.
The special working permit is just giving you an opportunity to get the Japanese license.
The Special working permit of the term is important for you.
