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Living Abroad Isn’t Just About Wanting It — It’s About Who You Know Abroad

Michael Machida Career Search Consultant Tokyo, Japan

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve had this conversation. It usually happens over coffee in Ginza or standing under a train platform roof while the rain comes down sideways.

Someone leans in and says, quietly, “So… how do you actually stay overseas?” And there’s always a pause after that, because the answer isn’t romantic, and it’s definitely not simple.

Living overseas, despite what Instagram reels might suggest, isn’t about just falling in love with the country and deciding to stay.

"...it’s about sponsorship. It’s about documents with stamps you can’t read yet. It’s about waiting."

And it’s about one key thing a lot of newcomers don’t realize until it’s almost too late: Foreign countries today don't really do self-sponsorship as much as in the past anymore.

I say this as someone who’s watched people pack their lives into two suitcases, only to discover that wanting to live overseas, isn’t enough.

"Japan wants paperwork. Japan wants structure. And Japan wants a local contact on the inside like TheJEGroup!”

Is a CoE Visa Sponsorship?

The CoE isn’t a visa. It’s permission to ask for one. It’s Immigration saying, “Alright, on paper, you seem legit but who do you know in this country?"

"And here’s the thing that surprises almost everyone: you don’t apply for it yourself."

If you’re relocating for work, that sponsor is the employer TheJEGroup! offers to locate and secure for you worldwide.

TheJEGroup! has been in the business of assisting global job hunters to locate and secure new jobs in Japan and Worldwide since 1989 with setting up interviews to new jobs that include full visa sponsorship jobs.

I remember a guy I met years ago who wanted to live in Japan — thought he could arrive on a tourist visa and “figure it out.” What a mistake that was.

He lasted three months, burned through his savings, and left bitter. Not because Japan rejected him as a person, but because the system simply doesn’t bend that way.

"...for work visas, the path is narrow but clear. You need a job offer. Not a promise. Not a handshake."

A real offer from a company in Japan or Globally, who actually interviews you and then hires you. And that's where TheJEGroup! offers to assist you as your Career Search Consultant.

They look at your education, your experience, and whether your job matches your background.

Once TheJEGroup! sets up every interview for you and you get that job offer, your new employer does the rest for you but only if you are a member.

"How long this takes greatly depends on when you contact TheJEGroup! and how fast you become a member."

We've watched people succeed in Japan and worldwide, and watched people leave heartbroken. The difference usually isn’t passion.

"...it’s knowing someone who [works] for you overseas..."

Living overseas in Japan or worldwide means accepting that your stay is conditional. That your right to remain depends on a sponsorship, a stamp, a deadline. It’s not romantic. But it’s real.

And once you accept that — once you stop fighting the system and start working with it — living overseas opens up in quieter, deeper ways. Not all at once. Slowly.

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