Financial documentation for Japan's Specified Skilled Worker route β what the Embassy of Japan in Colombo actually asks a Sri Lankan applicant to evidence.
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Specified Skilled Worker (SSW)
Japan's Specified Skilled Worker status has become one of the most realistic legal routes for Sri Lankan workers, with skills tests in nine categories now available in Sri Lanka. It works differently from a student or tourist visa: your employer applies for a Certificate of Eligibility on your behalf, so there is no maintenance threshold for you to hit. The financial documentation matters for a different reason β showing your pre-departure costs are covered from legitimate sources, and that you have not taken on exploitative recruitment debt.
Japan publishes no fixed show-money figure for the SSW route. Your employer evidences that it can pay you at parity with Japanese workers doing the same job β typically Β₯180,000β230,000 per month before deductions depending on sector. What you evidence is your own side: funds covering skills test and JLPT fees, SLBFE registration, medical examination and airfare, with a clear and documented source.
We prepare bank statements, fixed deposit certificates, source of funds letters and sponsorship documentation for the Embassy of Japan in Colombo, alongside the Certificate of Eligibility issued by your employer. Processing typically takes 24β48 hours.
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Common questions about show money for Japan specified skilled worker (ssw)
There is no published minimum, because your employer sponsors the Certificate of Eligibility. What the Embassy of Japan in Colombo wants to see is that your pre-departure costs are covered from a source you can document. We size and evidence that rather than quoting a figure that does not exist.
It can. Japan's framework is explicitly concerned with workers arriving under exploitative debt to intermediaries. Documentation showing your costs were met from your own or your family's legitimate funds supports the application; a large unexplained loan does not.
The employer covers the maintenance side, but you will still be asked to evidence your own funds and their source for the pre-departure stage. We prepare that package so it is consistent with what your employer has already filed.
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