Event organizers say government organization told them foreigners wouldn’t need special visas, arresting officers disagree.
work visas
Immigration officials raid cosplay event in Malaysia, arrest four foreign cosplayers
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Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2019 - Tweet
- Japan, SE Asia
- (anime • anime conventions • cosplay • cosplayers • crime • immigration • Malaysia • otaku • work visas)
Immigration raid at anime convention ends with five Japanese cosplayers being arrested overseas
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Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2019
Work visa violations result in participants from four countries being arrested, Japanese cosplayers still being held in custody.
- Japan
- (anime • anime conventions • cosplay • cosplayers • crime • immigration • Malaysia • otaku • work visas)
Japanese politicians want to make it easier for foreigners to get anime assistant work visas
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Casey Baseel
Sep 12, 2018
Ministry of Justice proposal aims to let foreign students stay in Japan after they finish school and work their way up the professional ladder.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • foreigners in Japan • government • Japanese visas • society • studying in Japan • work visas • working in Japan)
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