u/IceIlliterate

Hi All,

I'm curious on how realistically I might be able to get a job in the future at an older age, mainly with the goal of obtaining permanent residency.

I'm an IT consultant in my late 30's, primarily working in project management capacity the past 7+ years. I'm not a software engineer or much of a coder (it's been a long time since I coded in school lol). I currently have N2 and working on N1 at some point. I've travelled to Japan many times and completely understand that visiting and living there are different experiences. I've always wanted to try working and living there, but I'm in a high cost of living area so got used to working in my native country. I'm comfortable with my current job and looking to stay until early 50's to essentially complete building the retirement nest egg.

I started looking into JP properties on a whim, thinking about maybe eventually buying a vacation home down the line since I foresee spending a good amount of time in JP in retirement. That got me thinking about maybe wrapping up my career in JP to get PR and flexibility for length of stays, but I'm not sure how realistically companies would sponsor and hire a 50 year old lol.

I don't think I'd really care about location or job type since it would be semi-short term, but I would be looking at needing ￥10M+ salary in order to hit 80pts on the PR calculator (if I'm not able to get N1 by then) to ideally meet PR requirements after 1 year and get approval for PR. I'm not sure how often people get rejected for PR if they meet the points threshold. I know Tech industry changes very quick, especially with AI now, so who knows what things will be like in 10+ years, but curious about any insights you have. Thanks!

Hi All,

I'm curious on how realistically I might be able to get a job in the future at an older age, mainly with the goal of obtaining permanent residency.

I'm an IT consultant in my late 30's, primarily working in project management capacity the past 7+ years. I'm not a software engineer or much of a coder (it's been a long time since I coded in school lol). I currently have N2 and working on N1 at some point. I've travelled to Japan many times and completely understand that visiting and living there are different experiences. I've always wanted to try working and living there, but I'm in a high cost of living area so got used to working in my native country. I'm comfortable with my current job and looking to stay until early 50's to essentially complete building the retirement nest egg. My employer does have JP offices, but I haven't been able to transfer (there was a solid opportunity before, but unfortunately fell through).

I started looking into JP properties on a whim, thinking about maybe eventually buying a vacation home down the line since I foresee spending a good amount of time in JP in retirement. That got me thinking about maybe wrapping up my career in JP to get PR and flexibility for length of stays, but I'm not sure how realistically companies would sponsor and hire a 50 year old lol.

I don't think I'd really care about location or job type since it would be semi-short term, but I would be looking at needing ￥10M+ salary in order to hit 80pts on the PR calculator (if I'm not able to get N1 by then) to ideally meet PR requirements after 1 year and get approval for PR. I'm not sure how often people get rejected for PR if they meet the points threshold. I know Tech industry changes very quick, especially with AI now, so who knows what things will be like in 10+ years, but curious about any insights you have. Thanks!