Stage 3 · Lesson 5 of 6

East Asia: certificates for the visa

In Japan, your employer applies for a on your behalf, and the immigration office checks that your degree or work experience matches the job; a degree in a related field, or enough years of relevant experience, is the usual basis.

For Singapore's , if the application claims points for your qualifications, the Ministry of Manpower asks for verification proof that the degree is genuine. Korea's also looks at your degree and experience together.

In all three, keep original degree certificates, transcripts and ready, with translations if they are not in English.

Common trapa CV whose degree title or dates differ from the certificate, which slows or sinks the application.

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Resources for this stage

Start with

GuidePaid
HEC degree attestation, IBCC and MOFA apostille (Pakistan)
Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan · Government fees per document
How Pakistani degrees are attested by HEC, IBCC and the Foreign Office, step by step

Practise

Notion
Track each document, the office that handles it, its status and its expiry date

Keep handy

Singapore Employment Pass and COMPASS (Ministry of Manpower)
How Singapore checks qualifications for the Employment Pass
Immigration Services Agency of Japan: work statuses of residence
What the Certificate of Eligibility application needs

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Apostille Convention status table (opens in a new tab)Read
Check whether your home country and destination are members, and since when
Sefism 1:1 MentorshipGo deeper
Ask someone who did the attestation chain recently what slowed them down