A foreign student who obtains a specialist degree is qualified to receive a visa enabling them to work, subject to conditions. If the office work you are going to start is related to what you have studied at school, there will be a possibility that you will be allowed to change your student visa to a working visa. In your case, a technical visa will be applicable. First of all, please make sure that you can obtain a specialist degree.

Next, you will have to confirm the relevancy between your future office work and your acquired knowledge. Although it does not matter whether your future employer is a Japanese firm or a foreign firm, it is important that the work you are going to do is relevant to data processing since your company is not a data processing company. The documents required to change your visa are as follows: Application for change of residency status, certificate detailing your expected graduation, certificate showing your expected qualification, resume, your future employer's registration document, copy of the company's recent Profit & Loss statement, the company's outline guide, and a copy of your contract with the company.

Besides these documents, you may also require a note explaining the reason for your employment. In your case, what is most important is that you can satisfactorily explain the relevancy between your future work and your study, therefore, we suggest that you ask the company to issue a note reflecting this.

Advisor: KUROKAWA Koji (Immigration Lawyer)