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Can I receive unemployment benefits if my visa depends on employment?

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Possibly, if you are insured under Employment Insurance and meet the contribution, unemployment, and job-seeking requirements.

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What you need to know

Requirements & exceptions
  • Voluntary resignation can affect waiting/payment timing.
  • Your residence status must still allow you to remain and seek work.
Documents
  • Government-issued ID or provider-required identity documents
Likely cost
No government fee for basic labour consultation. Employment-insurance benefits or legal representation have separate eligibility/cost rules; MHLW labour consultation services are free.
Where to act
Hello Work for employment-insurance/job-seeking procedures; Immigration Services Bureau separately for residence-status notifications.
Official sources
MHLW — For Foreign Workers in Japan / Labour StandardsMinistry of Health, Labour and Welfare · Official sourceExisting verified sourceImmigration Services Agency / Ministry of Justice · Official source

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