How do I become a foreign exchange student in Japan?

I entering my senior year in high school and I'm thinking about moving to Japan. I want to learn Japanese before I enroll in any University there and what beter way than actually moving to Japan! So I was wondering how to enroll in an exchange program where I would live with a foster family or something and attend comunity college to be able to learn Japanese.How do I become a foreign exchange student in Japan?You are very unlikely to have someone host you in their house for this. There are no programs garnered toward this to help match students with families, meaning you would instead be going to random strangers over the internet whom you have never met and asking, %26quot;Mind if I live with you for a couple of years?%26quot;

And I guarantee that, yes, they will mind very much.



Not only that, but Japan doesn't really have community colleges. They have universities and then they have vocational schools/junior colleges. The idea of going to a small and cheap school, getting basic education requirements out of the way, and then transferring to a university really does not exist in Japan. In Japan, if you go to a junior college you are going there to get a career certificate in a small amount of time and then you go and you get a job. Junior college is for students who either were not accepted into any universities, do not want to go to university, or cannot afford university. It can also be fairly expensive to attend because the students pay nearly all the costs to run the entire school--there is very little government help directed at these schools and instead it all goes into the universities.



The entire view of the school system is very different in Japan than in the US. Community colleges in the US are just that--meant for the whole community. Old, young, or in the middle. Junior colleges in Japan are basically only for young students and they require you to pass their entrance exam before they accept you, just like a regular university. It's not a place where everyone is accepted so long as they can pay, nor is it a stepping stool allowing you to get to bigger and better things. If you failed the entrance exams to a university you feel you MUST attend in Japan you don't go to a regular school for post-high school graduates and then try again. No. You basically stay as a high schooler and study in cram schools every single day, constantly beating yourself up over how huge of a failure you were last year.



Anyway, since Japan's %26quot;community colleges%26quot; are basically vocational schools, they are targeted at solely fluent speakers of Japanese needing to find a job. I don't know of any that target or accept foreigners with little to no Japanese knowledge. The only schools I know that do this and focus on learning Japanese are language schools. It is not uncommon for foreigners to attend a language school for a year or so and then apply to a Japanese university.



As for how you even get to Japan to do this:

First, you must apply to the language school and be accepted, sending a document known as a application requesting a CoE along with your entrance application.

Once you are accepted, the school will pass your CoE to the Japanese immigration office, who will then decide if they want you in their country.

If they agree that, yes, you can come they will send you a CoE. With the CoE you then apply for a visa at the nearest Japanese embassy or consulate in your area. Note that sometimes your %26quot;area%26quot; is not in even your state and you might have to travel to another state for this if they do not accept mail-in applications.

Then you stress out for a while until the embassy finally sends you your passport with a visa stamped inside of it a couple weeks before you're meant to leave.

And then off you go to Japan.



A few things to note:

The biggest worry in Japan is that foreigners come and they do not leave. Japan does not want you to come and not leave. The way they make sure that you can return they require a bank statement upfront showing that you have enough funds to live in Japan for the entire amount of time you are planning on staying (which is also detailed in your visa). This means you need money that covers the cost of attending the school, living in an apartment (because you will very likely not find a host family), and getting from the US to Japan and back. When you are on a study visa you will not be allowed to work many hours and because part-time pay is so terrible in Japan the 14 or so hours you will be allowed to work won't cover all the costs for your stay.How do I become a foreign exchange student in Japan?Hi,

well one of my friend came as a exchange student from Germany to India, So she said she lost 1yr. So just balance it out. So basically you have to link up your school with the school in japan and then they decide and go ahead its worth it. You learn a lot :-)How do I become a foreign exchange student in Japan?This is the Company I used 15 years ago. I do not know if they still service Japan but you can ask.



http://www.chinet.org/studyabroad/ayp_ou…

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