Hi everyone,

I'm currently studying a BE in Mechatronics Engineering at university, a 4 year degree. My grandmother was a Japanese citizen until she came here to Australia ~50 years ago, however, I appear 95% white/Caucasian. I've been told that it'll be easier for me to get a visa (and a longer one at that) because of my relation, however, I'm not quite sure how that works. How hard would it be for me to get a working visa once I've got my degree?

Although I know I should probably ask this in the Employment forum, I may as well ask here too - is the discrimination in Japan really that bad, or if I have a perfect understanding of Japanese and have an engineering degree, would getting a decent engineering job in a Japanese firm be an achievable goal? I would definitely like the opportunity to move into management, too, but it's understandable if that's a little too ambitious.