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What is the Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) Visa?

Specified Skilled Worker (SSW) is a status of residence that allows foreign nationals to work in Japan in a specific Japanese industry.

There are two types of SSW :

SSW (i) & SSW (ii)

16 Employment Fields covered by SSW  (i): 

1. Nursing Care 
2. Building Cleaning Management
3. Construction Industry
4. Industrial product manufacturing
5. Shipbuilding and Ship Machinery Industries
6. Automobile Repair and Maintenance
7. Aviation Industry
8. Accommodation Industry
9. Automobile transportation business
10. Railway
11. Agriculture Industry
12. Fishery and Aquaculture Industries
13. Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industries
14. Food Service Industry
15. Forestry
16. Wood Industry

11 Employment Fields covered by  SSW  (ii ) : 

1.Building Cleaning
2.Industrial manufacturing
3.Construction
4.Shipbuilding and Marine Industry
5.Automobile Maintenance
6.Aviation
7.Accommodation
8.Agriculture
9.Fisheries
10.Food and beverage manufacturing
11.Food service

Features of SSW 

To apply for an SSW Visa , the individual must be over 18 years old and possess necessary skill to work without any particular training . The visa applicants are required to pass the skill test to obtain SSW (ii) Visa . 

The following table contains details for SSW type ii : 

Ref : https://www.slembassyjapan.com/specified_skilled_worker_program 

https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/ca/fna/ssw/us/overview/