| A working holiday is one where you receive a | | | | Japan may obtain one, and the visa is single entry, so |
| specific visa, allowing you to get employment in the | | | | if you need to leave temporarily, you'll have to get a |
| country you're visiting so you can supplement your | | | | re-entry permit before you leave. |
| travel funds, spending less money. Most working | | | | You can get any kind of job as long as your stay is |
| holiday visas are offered as part of a reciprocal | | | | primarily classified as a holiday. However, there are |
| agreement, so that citizens will travel from one | | | | rules against people on a working holiday visa working |
| country to the other. Most are meant for younger | | | | in places where business is regulated by the Law on |
| travelers (between eighteen and thirty years old), | | | | Control and Improvement of Amusement and |
| have particular limits on what kind of work you can | | | | Entertainment Business. This includes nightclubs, dance |
| do and how long you can work, and expect you to | | | | clubs, and similar places. If you're from the UK, there |
| bring plenty of money to live on while you're looking | | | | is a six pound charge to get a working holiday visa. |
| for a job. | | | | Visitors from other countries pay nothing for their |
| Japan was one of the first countries to initiate a | | | | visa. |
| working holiday program, coming to an agreement | | | | To get this kind of visa you must be a citizen of a |
| with Australia at the end of 1980, and with New | | | | country participating in the working visa program, and |
| Zealand in 1985. Canada started a program with | | | | you must currently live in that country. Your main |
| Japan in 1986, and South Korea and France joined in | | | | plan needs to be a holiday in Japan for a specified |
| 1999, with Germany following in 2000, the UK in 2001, | | | | length of time, and you need to be between the |
| and Ireland and Denmark in 2007. Working holiday | | | | ages of eighteen and thirty. You have to possess a |
| programs are becoming much more popular around | | | | valid passport, as well as a return ticket home or the |
| the world, and help travelers get a real global | | | | money to buy one, and you must show you have |
| perspective and learn more about the countries they | | | | reasonable funds to cover all living expenses in Japan. |
| visit. | | | | The minimum for a single person is two thousand |
| In order to help people travel, they're allowed to get | | | | dollars US, or an equivalent amount in your national |
| part time or full time employment, so that they need | | | | currency. Your health must be good, and you must |
| fewer savings to travel to Japan. The working | | | | have no criminal record. |
| holiday program in Japan requires visitors to enter | | | | A working holiday in Japan can be a truly rewarding |
| Japan within a year of the visa being issued, and | | | | experience, and people who've been part of this |
| grants a stay period between six months and a year, | | | | program have said that the chance to work and |
| which may be extended another six months, | | | | participate in a different culture is something they're |
| depending on the country you're coming from. Only | | | | extremely grateful they had. |
| people who've never had a working holiday visa in | | | | |