SSW Real Cost Calculator (Nepal)
What should you actually pay? Japan SSW visa costs from Nepal in NPR
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Cost Breakdown — Care Work (介護), SSW1
Worker-side costs you are legitimately expected to pay:
✓ If your agency is asking for significantly more than this range without itemized receipts, ask why. A legitimate agency will not mind explaining each charge.
Who Pays What — Employer vs Worker
One of the most common ways workers get overcharged is agencies adding employer-side costs onto the worker's bill. Under Japan's SSW system rules, certain costs are explicitly the employer's responsibility:
Source: Japan Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare SSW guidelines.
If your agency is demanding more than NPR 500,000 upfront before you have a confirmed job offer and itemized receipts for every payment — stop and verify. Use the Agency Scam Checker to assess your full risk profile before paying anything further.
Get every fee itemized in writing before you pay anything. A legitimate agency will not mind explaining each charge. If they refuse to break down the total, that is a warning sign.
Real Example: Anita's Full Cost Breakdown
Anita from Bhaktapur is applying for SSW care work (介護). She needs JLPT N4. Here is her actual planned budget:
Anita's agency quoted NPR 550,000 total, which seemed high. After checking this calculator, she asked for a full itemized breakdown. The agency could only justify NPR 230,000 — the rest was agent profit padding. She renegotiated down to NPR 240,000 with receipts for everything.