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ビザ保護アプリ - Protect your visa status

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Important Rules

  • • Week counts Monday → Sunday (Japan Immigration)
  • • 28 hours = TOTAL across ALL jobs
  • • Holiday mode: Only during official school breaks
  • • Keep records for visa renewal
  • • Going over = VISA DENIAL risk!

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Frequently Asked Questions

International students in Japan on student visas are restricted to a maximum of 28 hours of work per week during regular school terms under the Resource Activity Permission (shikakugai katsudo kyoka) stamp on their residence card. This limit applies to all part-time employment combined, not per employer. Exceeding the 28-hour student work limit is a violation of visa conditions and can result in visa renewal denial, deportation, and a reentry ban of 1 to 5 years.
Student visa work hours in Japan are counted on a weekly basis running Monday through Sunday, with all jobs combined into a single total. Hours worked at each employer are reported through payroll tax withholding (gensen choushu) filings that immigration authorities and tax offices can access. Even unpaid overtime or trial periods at a workplace count toward the 28-hour limit if you are performing labor. This work hour tracker tool logs your hours across multiple employers and shows your running weekly total.
Exceeding the 28-hour student work limit in Japan is treated as a violation of your visa conditions, which carries serious consequences: your next student visa renewal application is highly likely to be rejected, and in cases of repeated or severe violations, immigration authorities can initiate deportation proceedings. The employer who hired you beyond permitted hours also faces potential fines and restrictions on hiring foreign students. Japanese immigration authorities cross-reference tax records with visa status, so violations are detectable.
During officially designated school holiday periods — typically summer vacation (approximately July to September), winter vacation (December to January), and spring vacation (February to April) — student visa holders in Japan may work up to 40 hours per week instead of the standard 28 hours. These increased work hours apply only during periods formally recognized as school holidays by your institution, and you should keep documentation from your school confirming the holiday dates in case questioned by an employer or immigration.
Managing the 28-hour student visa limit across multiple employers requires diligent weekly tracking since each employer is unaware of the others and the legal responsibility for compliance rests with the student. Keep a daily log of actual working hours including overtime for each job. This work hour tracker tool allows you to input shifts from multiple employers, automatically totals your weekly hours, and sends an alert when you are approaching the 28-hour limit so you can adjust upcoming shifts before violating your student visa conditions.

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