Frequently Asked Questions in Japan

A1. Hiring foreign employees can give you the following benefits:

• Hiring foreign employees can help in globalizing your businesses
• Many foreign nationals have a high level of skills in their field of work and are very diligent, which can create an atmosphere of self-motivation and improvement within the company
• With their unique perspectives, they can offer more ideas in the creation and development of new businesses
• There is a vast amount of young foreign talent to choose from as Japan’s work force is slowly aging.

• Understand that there are differences in cultures and customs
• Due to the language barrier, there are times where it may be difficult to effectively communicate with each other.
• Even if a foreigner wants to be hired, without an appropriate residence status, the company may not be able to hire them
• There are required procedures to be done after hiring foreign nationals, such as submitting notifications to the Employment Services Center
• Careful attention is required when checking the status of residence for those who have changed jobs, and for managing the period of stay for employees who are currently being employed

• Applying for different social insurance systems
• Filing notification to the Employment Services Center regarding the hiring of a foreign national
• Orientations and various trainings (regarding business tasks, Japanese language, etc.)
• Guidance regarding lifestyle, safety and health (at work)

• High probability of application approval
  Currently, 97% of our clients who have utilized our residence status support services have had their applications approved.
  As we accumulate more experience and know-how, our approval rate has also steadily increased in recent years.
• Speedy and Honest
  The employee-in-charge of your case will respond to your inquiries promptly and politely.
  We also have many repeating customers as well as referral customers.
• Multilingual support
  We can communicate with you in English, Chinese, and Korean.
• One-stop service
  In addition to visas, our group can also handle accounting, taxation, labor (human resources), law, trademark patents, and registration. If you leave the back-office work to us, we will share the information and materials necessary for each procedure internally, reducing the time needed to respond to our clients.