Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Japan can now avail its new residency status for foreigners called ‘specified skilled worker’.
Foreigners have started taking the exam for this new residency status in April, ABS CBN News reported.
The Labor Department said that the new specified skilled worker visa will benefit thousands of overseas workers in Japan.
“Filipinos who will work in Japan under its new specified skilled worker residency law will receive pay equivalent to or even better than that their local counterparts,” DOLE in a statement said.
A memorandum of cooperation was signed between Philippine and Japan officials to reserve 30% of 350,000 jobs available under the new immigration law for Filipinos.
The new visa will have two categories: Specified Skilled Worker (i), who will be allowed to stay for a maximum of five years in Japan; and Specified Skilled Worker (ii) whose tenure is subject to a contract period, plus extensions.
